The Episcopal Church Welcomes You

Celebrate Black History Month at 815
Every Tuesday in February
 

February 5th

           Chapel:             The Rev. Petero Sabune

                                   Chaplain at Sing Sing prison

 

           Lecture:            The Rev. Petero Sabune

                                   FORGIVE US OR FORGIVE THEM (The first is from the Lord's Prayer and the second is from the cross)

February 12th

            Chapel:            The Rev. Allister Rawlins

                                   Rector, St. George's Episcopal Church in Hempstead, NY

 

            Lecture:           Ms. Jane R. Cosby, "TO BE OR NOT TO BE – A BLACK EPISCOPALIAN."

                                   Deputy to General Convention


 February 19th

             Chapel:           The Rev. Jayne Oasin

                                   Social Justice Officer in Peace and Justice Ministries

 

             Chapel:           The Rev. Sandye Wilson, "WHAT WILL HISTORY SAY ABOUT US; AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THIS NEW CENTURY."

                                   Rector, St. Andrew and Holy Communion Church,  South Orange, NJ.

February 26th

            Chapel:            The Rev. Darryl James

                                   Rector, Grace Episcopal Church, Jamaica, NY 

     

            Chapel:            The Rev. Benjamin Musoke-Lubega, "LET JUSTICE ROLL DOWN LIKE WATERS" Amos 5:24

                                   Trinity Church, Wall Street


There will be refreshments at the 5:30-6:30pm lectures.  Please come!

A reminder:
February 28 is the date to commemorate (authorized by  the 75th General Convention for trial use)
Anna Julia Hayward Cooper
Scholar and Educator, 1964.

Anna Julia Cooper (1858-1964) was principal of M Street High School in Washington, DC; president of Frelinghuysen University; and author of *A Voice from the South by a Black Woman of the South (1892). An excellent short biography of this life long--105 years!-- Episcopalian appears in *Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia*--along with a wonderful photograph.

I. Almighty God, who didst inspire thy servant Anna Julia Hayward Cooper with the love of learning and the skill of teaching: Enlighten us more and more through the discipline of learning, and deepen our commitment to the education of all thy children; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

II. Almighty God, you inspired your servant Anna Julia Hayward Cooper with the love of learning and the skill of teaching: Enlighten us more and more through the discipline of learning, and deepen our commitment to the education of all your children;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

--Byron Rushing