by Patricia Templeton | May 12, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I am writing with some sad news. Our beloved church cat Beppe has not been seen since last Thursday. Although I hope and pray that he will return, that is doubtful. Bella, his girlfriend, is bereft, and so are we. Beppe has been an integral part of life...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 29, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, We had a great turnout for our annual parish meeting and lunch on Sunday. Once again I’d like to thank our outgoing vestry members. Finishing up their three year terms are Ralph Paulk, Suzanne Johnson, and Andrea Patten-Weerakoon. And stepping down...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 23, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, It is good to be back after a very profound pilgrimage to Ghana. You’ll be hearing more about that in the weeks to come. I got home about 10 p.m. Tuesday after a long trek that included a six-hour bus ride from Cape Coast to Accra, and a 10-hour...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 15, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Greetings from Ghana! We arrived in Accra about 10:30 Monday morning, several hours later than expected because of flight delays in New York. We immediately got on a bus for a four-hour drive to Cape Coast, much of it on dirt roads. Fortunately there was...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 7, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, What a glorious Holy Week and Easter we had! That stretch from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday is the most labor intensive time of the year, but the liturgies are all so powerful that all the hard work is more than worth it. It truly does take a village, or...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 1, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Today on the church calendar is, of course, the Wednesday of Holy Week, but it is also the day the Church remembers Frederick Denison Maurice, a 19th century English priest. Maurice was the pastor of several churches, and was a professor of Moral...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 26, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Yesterday was an historic day for the Church. Sarah Mullally was installed as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to hold that position. That means she is the spiritual head of the Church of England, similar to our position of presiding...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 25, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, All of our focus at church these days is toward next week, Sunday is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week. Between then and Easter the following Sunday there are three other special services. Bulletins are being produced, sermons written, music...
