by Patricia Templeton | Dec 9, 2018 | Tricia's sermons
Advent 2C We hear today from the beginning of the Gospel of Luke, the gospel that gives us the most beloved stories of Jesus’ birth – the angel’s visit to Mary announcing she will have a son, Mary’s beautiful song of praise in response to that startling news, the...
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 2, 2018 | Tricia's sermons
Advent 1C Today is the first day of Advent, the beginning of a new year in the church calendar. We have spent the last six months in what the church calls “ordinary time,” that long period between Pentecost, 50 days after Easter, and the First Sunday of Advent....
by Patricia Templeton | Nov 25, 2018 | Tricia's sermons
Thanksgiving 2018 The calendar gives us an unusual gift this year. More often than not, Thanksgiving weekend is also the First Sunday of Advent. Most of us are still eating leftover turkey when the church shifts liturgical gears into the season of preparation for the...
by Patricia Templeton | Nov 18, 2018 | Tricia's sermons
Proper 28Ba This fall in adult Sunday School we have looked at what it means to be a Christian in the age in which we live. We’ve talked about what we believe, and how those beliefs compel us to act in the world. We’ve talked about some hot button issues – misogyny,...
by Patricia Templeton | Nov 4, 2018 | Tricia's sermons
All Saints’ Sunday It has been a week of mourning and remembering. When we gathered together in worship last Sunday, the horrific massacre of 11 Jews in Pittsburgh, gunned down while they worshipped, was so new and so raw we didn’t yet know the names of those who died...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 28, 2018 | Tricia's sermons
Proper 25B Jesus and his disciples are leaving the town of Jericho when suddenly there is a loud commotion on the side of the road. A blind beggar named Bartimaeus is yelling at Jesus, pleading with him for help. “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” he shouts...
