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June 9 - African American Biblical Interpretation
On Wednesday, June 9, 7-8pm, we learned about the Bible and Scripture, as interpreted through the African American lens. Two of the speakers were African American Biblical Scholars, Dr. Yolanda Norton and Dr. Valerie Bridgeman. They participated in a recent panel at the Seminary of the Southwest entitled: “Making it Plain: The Sacred Tradition and Civil Discourse of African American Biblical Interpretation.” The third speaker was prominent Civil Rights Lawyer, Social Justice Advocate, and Executive Director of The Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan Stevenson (from a speech he delivered at the National Cathedral).
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We started with prayer and an overview of the videos that we would watch
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Making It Plain:
The Sacred Tradition & Civil Discourse of African American Only portions of this presentation were shown for this class. The portions shown began with the opening remarks by Dr. Cynthia Kitteridge and Dr. Stacey Floyd Thomas (minute markers: 0:00 – 6:32). The next portion shown was the presentation by Dr. Valerie Bridgeman with an introduction by Dr. Scott Bader-Saye (minute markers: 28:32 – 38:03). |
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We had a brief discussion between the two videos
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Sermon from Bryan Stevenson
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Further discussion of both videos.
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June 23 – The life and ministries of Pauli Murray
Pauli Murray was the first African American woman to be ordained to the priesthood in The Episcopal Church. The Episcopal Church designated July 1 as a Feast Day to commemorate her life and ministry. Bishop Doyle has invited the congregations in this diocese to commemorate Pauli Murray on Sunday, June 27.
On Wednesday, June 23, we continued our series honoring Juneteenth with a class to learn about Episcopal priest and human rights crusader Pauli Murray. In addition to being the first African American woman to be ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church, Murray spent her incredibly accomplished and courageous career organizing and leading the fight against Jim Crow laws, discrimination in education, and sex discrimination, just to name a few of her many accomplishments. She was named a "Holy Woman"--i.e., a saint--of the Episcopal church in 2012. The proclamation granting this recognition states:
“Pauli Murray (July 1,1910 – July 5, 1985) was the first African-American woman ordained to the Episcopal priesthood (1977). Growing up as a mixed-race person in the South, she became an advocate of ‘the universal cause of freedom,’ and throughout her life she worked tirelessly and with distinction as a lawyer, an advocate for civil and labor rights and feminism through her legal writings, essays and poetry.”
You are also invited to join us at St. John’s as we celebrate the Pauli Murray feast day on Sunday, June 27. Our services are at 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. in English, and 1:00 p.m. in Spanish.
On Wednesday, June 23, we continued our series honoring Juneteenth with a class to learn about Episcopal priest and human rights crusader Pauli Murray. In addition to being the first African American woman to be ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church, Murray spent her incredibly accomplished and courageous career organizing and leading the fight against Jim Crow laws, discrimination in education, and sex discrimination, just to name a few of her many accomplishments. She was named a "Holy Woman"--i.e., a saint--of the Episcopal church in 2012. The proclamation granting this recognition states:
“Pauli Murray (July 1,1910 – July 5, 1985) was the first African-American woman ordained to the Episcopal priesthood (1977). Growing up as a mixed-race person in the South, she became an advocate of ‘the universal cause of freedom,’ and throughout her life she worked tirelessly and with distinction as a lawyer, an advocate for civil and labor rights and feminism through her legal writings, essays and poetry.”
You are also invited to join us at St. John’s as we celebrate the Pauli Murray feast day on Sunday, June 27. Our services are at 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. in English, and 1:00 p.m. in Spanish.
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The June 23 class began with a slide presentation on the life of Pauli Murray.
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We then viewed two videos.:
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And then discussed the videos.
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