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Rector’s Update: Wed 9/9
Dear friends, As we struggle on in the midst of a global pandemic that continues to take the lives of upwards of 1,000 people a day in this country, the Church gives us a reminder today that we are not the first to live through treacherous times. Today on the Church...
Rector’s Update: Sat 9/5
Dear friends, In my days as a political reporter for the Nashville Banner, Labor Day weekend was not just the unofficial end of summer. It was also the time that things kicked into high gear in whatever political races we were covering. The same is true today....
Rector’s Update: Wed 9/2
Dear friends, In spring 2019 many of us participated in a project to collect soil from the sites of the 36 lynchings of Black Americans in Fulton County. The lynchings were identified by the Equal Justice Initiative, an amazing organization based in Montgomery, that...
Rector’s Update: Fri 8/28
Dear friends, It is a joy to have some good news to share with you. A couple of good things, in fact. First, Justin and Mike Camara report that Amelia's adoption was made official yesterday in a Zoom hearing with the judge. They are now Amelia's dads in every way, and...
Rector’s Update: Thur 8/27
Dear friends, Just one thing today. The squirrels have asked me to pass on their gratitude to whoever moved the bench in the courtyard. It has made their lives much easier. The Rev. Patricia Templeton
Rector’s Update: Mon 08/24
Dear friends, Both Georgia and the nation reached grim pandemic milestones over the weekend. Georgia passed the 5,000 death mark from Covid-19 (5,156 as of 3 p.m. today) and the nation marked 175,000 deaths (now 176,802). Medical experts say the actual toll may be far...
Rector’s Update: Sat 8/22
Dear friends, Attached is the service sheet for tomorrow morning's worship (at 10 on Facebook Live). Pentecost-12-Proper-16-20A-August-23Download You also have the opportunity to worship tomorrow evening with a new worship video by Bishop Rob Wright. He's calling it...
Rector’s Update: Wed 8/19
Dear friends, I have several things to share with you today. First, my fellow priest and good friend Kim Jackson, vicar of Church of the Common Ground, contacted me yesterday and asked if St. Dunstan's could provide lunch for her congregation on Sunday, August 30. As...
Rector’s Update: Tue 8/18
Dear friends, Today is the 100th anniversary of a significant day in our country's history, the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which removed gender as a qualification to vote. "The rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by...
Rector’s Update: Mon 8/17
Dear friends, One of the biggest surprises (in a good way) to me during this time of being "scattered, yet together" has been the response to Compline. When the pandemic began and I was looking for ways for us to come together online I thought of doing the short...