The Rev. Alexander Crummell, Patron Saint of UBE
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UNION OF BLACK EPISCOPALIANS in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles
ADVOCATING for DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, and SOCIAL JUSTICE in THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE of LOS ANGELES and THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
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Black Ministries in The Episcopal Church
Western Region UBE
UNION OF BLACK EPISCOPALIANS
MORE THAN 200 YEARS OF BLACK LEADERSHIP IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Program Group on Black Ministries
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Canon Suzanne Edwards-Acton
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The Rev. John Limo
Province VIII
Episcopal Church
Black African Ministries (BAM)
Dr. Dawn Conley
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Mr. Louis Glosson
Office of Black Ministries
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Missioner for Black Ministries:
The Rev. Ronald C. Byrd, Sr.
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A PRAYER FOR THE UNION OF BLACK EPISCOPALIANS
Almighty and ever-living God, by your gracious favor and omnipotent hand you have blessed, preserved and defended your sons and daughters imbued with ebony grace. We give you humble and hearty thanks for Absalom Jones, James Theodore Holly, Alexander Crummell, Artemisia Bowden, George Freeman Bragg, Pauli Murray, and all your righteous servants who having carried aloft the torch of freedom now rest from their labors. We ask you especially to send your heavenly benediction upon the Union of Black Episcopalians. United in bonds of action, faithfulness, and determination, may it be a force for good in church and community, and a beacon for all of God’s children whose hope it is that justice flow down like water. We ask this in the Name of your Son, Jesus Christ the Liberator, who lives, and reigns with you and the Sustainer-Spirit, one God, now and forever. AMEN.
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- The Rev. Canon Harold T. Lewis, Ph.D., Retired Rector Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Staff Officer for Black Ministries 1983-94
