by Patricia Templeton | Feb 7, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, This is a busy time of the year, as evidenced by this long email. Take a look; you may find things that interest you. It is hard for me to believe that Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, is a week from today. I’ll talk more about the season...
by Patricia Templeton | Feb 4, 2024 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Today’s reading from the prophet Isaiah finds the people of Israel in deep despair, wondering if they’ve been abandoned by God. The land that God promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; the land that God led them to after freeing them from slavery in Egypt;...
by Patricia Templeton | Feb 3, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, Bulletins, News
Dear friends, Attached is the service leaflet for tomorrow’s worship. And remember that next Sunday, February 11, we will have one service at 10 a.m., featuring a Dixieland Jazz Band, followed by our annual “Shrove Sunday” pancake breakfast. Bring a...
by Patricia Templeton | Jan 28, 2024 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
When I was in college someone gave me a button that I probably still have in a drawer somewhere. “Question Authority” it boldly proclaims. “Question authority” was a philosophy that suited a journalism student well. In fact, I spent my college years, and many years...
by Patricia Templeton | Jan 27, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, Bulletins, News
Dear friends, A couple of nights ago I was at St. Anne’s, a couple of miles down the road from us, for the installation of their new rector, Buddy Crawford. It was a joyful service, and Buddy, who has already been there for a time as interim rector, is clearly...
by Patricia Templeton | Jan 21, 2024 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Our Old Testament reading opens today with the prophet Jonah on a beach in the Mediterranean. This is no beach vacation. Jonah looks stunned and confused. You would, too, if you had just spent three days in the belly of a giant fish, then were spewed out onto...
by Patricia Templeton | Jan 20, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, Bulletins, News
Dear friends, The service sheet for tomorrow’s liturgy is attached. e-ver-Epiphany-3-Jan-21-2023Download I also ask you to keep Cameron in your prayers, as he mourns the death of his grandfather, Gerald Carey. And please keep the O’Connell family in your...
by Patricia Templeton | Jan 14, 2024 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Have you ever wondered how the Bible came into being? Who wrote the many different books that we consider scripture, and who decided what to include in the official Bible and what to leave out? There is no clear-cut answer to those questions. With a few exceptions,...
