Events of Note
Absalom Jones Feast Weekend
February 6, 12-2 pm: Union of Black Episcopalians Meeting
February 7, Commemoration of the Feast of Absalom Jones
The Rev. Lindsey Ardrey will preach.
The Godly Play crew will experience the Absalom Jones lesson.
The Sunday Forum will focus on Chapters 9 & 10 of Love is the Way.
Following the online Watch Party, the UBE will host a Coffee Hour for all ages from 11:30 – 12:30 pm.
February 9, 6-7:30 pm: The Payne Lecture from the Seminary of the Southwest, featuring Ruby Sales, renowned public theologian, historian, and activist.
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February 12, 12-1:30 pm: Seton Cove Lecture with The Rev. Donald Brewington and The Rev. James Harrington.
This discussion will look at the Black church and White church experience from the perspective of racial justice and liberation theology, considering differences in history, church organization, structure, worship, community presence, and how it might apply to America’s current upheaval.
This discussion will look at two prominent Black religious thinkers. James Cone (1938–2018) was an American theologian, best known for his advocacy of Black theology and Black liberation theology, providing a new way to comprehensively define the distinctiveness of theology in the Black church.
Howard Thurman (1899-1981) was an African–American author, philosopher, theologian, educator, and civil rights leader. As a prominent religious figure, he played a leading role in many social justice movements and organizations of the twentieth century.
February 14
The Godly Play crew will hear a story of Harriet Tubman and wonder about promised lands.
The Sunday Forum will focus on Chapter 11 & 12 of Love is the Way.
The Rev. Eileen O’Brien and The Rev. Lindsey Ardrey invite you to Coffee Hour, 11:30-12:30 pm, where we will preview the Lenten Edition of St. James’ Reads: Black Female Mystics and wrap up our congregational reading of Love is the Way.
February 17 (Ash Wednesday)
The Lenten Edition of St. James’ Reads: Black Female Mystics begins.
February 25, 5:30 pm (online) – Seminary of the Southwest Black History Month Celebration
The Rev. Yolanda Norton, The Crump Visiting Professor and Black Religious Scholars Group Scholar-in-Residence at the Seminary of the Southwest, will preach for this online Black History Month Celebration.
