by Patricia Templeton | Dec 24, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Christmas 2025December 24, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton It is good to be gathered here with you on this most wondrous night of the year, the night we celebrate the birth of a baby who will change the world. Everything about this evening is special –...
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 21, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Advent 4ASt. Dunstan’sDecember 21, 2025The Rev. Patricia Templeton Every three years on this day, the Fourth Sunday of Advent, our gospel reading takes a few moments to remember a crucial character in the birth we are about to celebrate, a character who soon fades...
by Patricia Templeton | Nov 30, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Advent 1ANovember 30, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton On this first Sunday of Advent, the first day of the church year, we begin worship with this prayer: “Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.”...
by Patricia Templeton | Nov 16, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 28CNovember 16, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton The town of Chartres in France is famed for its Gothic cathedral, widely acknowledged to be one of the finest structures in Europe. The first cathedral was built in that town sometime in the fourth...
by Patricia Templeton | Nov 9, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 27CNovember 9, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton The words are said at the beginning of every funeral in the Episcopal Church. And no matter how many hundreds of times I have heard or spoken them, they never fail to move me with their powerful...
by Patricia Templeton | Nov 2, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
All Saints’ Sunday CNovember 2, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled.” Sometimes, like today, I feel the need to explain why we are...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 19, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 24COctober 19, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton “Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 14, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 19CSeptember 14, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton The first time I ever heard of Charlie Kirk was earlier this summer, when our Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe announced that the Episcopal Church was severing its long history of working with the...
