by Patricia Templeton | Jun 2, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Several years ago I went to Montgomery, Alabama with several others from St. Dunstan’s to visit the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, also known as the lynching memorial. The memorial is made up of long columns, many suspended from the...
by Patricia Templeton | May 29, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Attached is the service sheet for tomorrow’s worship. Remember that it is our first time together with most of the Covid protocols lifted. That means there will be choir and congregational singing and coffee hour! Masks are optional for those who...
by Patricia Templeton | May 26, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, As I wrote earlier this week, this Sunday we will celebrate the lifting of most of our Covid restrictions. Among other things, it will mean we may have coffee hour for the first time in 14 months. We invite all of you to bring something to share. It will...
by Patricia Templeton | May 24, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, During the Easter season the blessing I used at the end of the service began “May the living God remove the suffocating shroud that lies upon our world.” Slowly, but surely that shroud is lifting. Some parts of the world, such as India and...
by Patricia Templeton | May 21, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Today is a milestone day for one of the ministries we have supported during the pandemic. The PopUp Food Pantry at Samad’s Grill in Sandy Springs distributed food to its last customers today. In recent weeks, as more people have gone back to work,...
by Patricia Templeton | May 19, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Happy St. Dunstan’s Day! May 19 is the day on the Church calendar set aside to remember our patron saint. I have to admit that when I first applied to be rector of St. Dunstan’s I had to look him up. I found that he was the Archbishop of...
by Patricia Templeton | May 18, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, As I said Sunday, Bishop Wright issued new Covid protocols on Friday afternoon in response to the CDC’s announcement that fully vaccinated people can go without their masks in many instances. The new protocols are lengthy and complicated, so on...
by Patricia Templeton | May 14, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, The CDC’s announcement yesterday that it is safe for fully vaccinated people to go most places indoors or outside without masks was good news, indeed. It is another sign that the long season of Coronatide may finally be nearing the end. What does...
