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THE 48 ANNUAL MEETING AND CONFERENCE



MEMORIAL EUCHARIST

7:00 P.M.

MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2016 TRINITY CHURCH THE RT. REV. BARBARA C. HARRIS, CELEBRANT THE RT. REV. VASHTI MCKENZIE, PREACHER 1







Why Have We Gathered? The letter to the Hebrews reminds us that “we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses.” And so we gather on this night to remember those saints and ancestors who have gone before us and on whose shoulders we stand. We take this time to ask for their intercessions and to be encouraged by their example of discipleship and devotion to Christ Jesus. It has been the custom of UBE whenever it gathers as a regional and national body to remember and celebrate the lives of our recently departed brothers and sisters in Christ. About the Union of Black Episcopalians. "Set us free, O God, from every bond of prejudice and fear...that we may show forth in our lives the reconciling love and true freedom of God..." God acts on the behalf of the oppressed. The Union of Black Episcopalians stands in the continuing tradition of more than 200 years of Black leadership in the Episcopal Church. Beginning with the establishment of St. Thomas Episcopal Church by Absalom Jones in 1794 in the city of Philadelphia through the election of Barbara Harris as Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts and the election of Michael Curry as the 27th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, there has always been a strong corps of Black Christians in the Episcopal Church: people like James Holly, Henry Delaney, John Walker, Tollie Caution, Charles Lawrence, Deborah Harmon Hines, and countless others. Organized in 1968 as the Union of Black Clergy and Laity, the Union is the proud inheritor of the work of these people and earlier organizations, the Convocation of Colored Clergy and the Conference of Church Workers Among Colored People, all dedicated to the ministry of Blacks in the Episcopal Church. The name was changed to the Union of Black Episcopalians in 1971. The Union of Black Episcopalians is a confederation of more than 55 chapters and interest groups throughout the continental United States and the Caribbean. The Union also has members in Canada, Africa, Great Britain, and Latin America.

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Call to Worship: African Drumming. Processional Hymn “We're Marching to Zion” (please stand) 1. Come, we that love the Lord, and let our joys be known; join in a song with sweet accord, join in a song with sweet accord and thus surround the throne, and thus surround the throne. [Refrain] We're marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion; we're marching upward to Zion, the beautiful city of God. 2. Let those refuse to sing who never knew our God; but children of the heavenly King, but children of the heavenly King may speak their joys abroad, may speak their joys abroad.



[Refrain] 3. The hill of Zion yields a thousand sacred sweets before we reach the heavenly fields, before we reach the heavenly fields or walk the golden streets, or walk the golden streets. [Refrain] 4. Then let our songs abound, and every tear be dry; we're marching through Emmanuel's ground, we're marching through Emmanuel's ground to fairer worlds on high, to fairer worlds on high. [Refrain]



Opening Acclamation Bishop Blessed be the one, holy, and living God. People Glory to God for ever and ever.

Bishop

Sisters and brothers, welcome in the name of Christ. The letter to the Hebrews reminds us that “we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses.” And so we gather on this night to remember those saints and ancestors who have gone before us and on whose shoulders we stand. We take this time to ask for their intercessions and to be encouraged by their example of discipleship and devotion to Christ Jesus. And We remember in a very special way this night our departed brother in Christ, Curtis Winfield Sisco, Jr. A Collect for Curtis Winfield Sisco, Jr., Priest, Liturgist, and Musician Bishop

All-Sufficient One, who in your loving providence has gifted us with creativity, devotion, and skill, and has called each one of us beloved: We give you thanks for the good example of your faithful servant, Curtis Winfield Sisco, Jr. Set us, and those living with HIV/AIDS, free from ignorance and shame perpetuated by silence. Grant that we with them may know that in you all is well with our souls, so that we with a unified voice we may praise and glorify you through your Son who ever lives to make intercession for us, even Jesus Christ our Lord. People Amen. 3

Hymn of Praise

“Soon and Very Soon”

1. Soon and very soon we are going to see the King. Soon and very soon we are going to see the King. Soon and very soon we are going to see the King. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! We're going to see the King. 2. No more crying there. We are going to see the King. No more crying there. We are going to see the King. No more crying there. We are going to see the King. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! We're going to see the King.

3. No more dying there. We are going to see the King. No more dying there. We are going to see the King. No more dying there. We are going to see the King. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! We're going to see the King. 4. Soon and very soon we are going to see the King. Soon and very soon we are going to see the King. Soon and very soon we are going to see the King. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! We're going to see the King.

The Collect of the Day Bishop The Lord be with you. People And also with you. Bishop Let us pray. Eternal Lord God, you hold all souls in life: Give to your whole Church in paradise and on earth your light and your peace; and grant that we, following the good examples of those who have served you here and are now at rest, may at the last enter with them into your unending joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever People Amen The Congregation is seated



The Old Testament Reading: Isaías 25:6-12







Y el Señor de los ejércitos preparará en este monte para todos los pueblos un banquete de manjares suculentos,un banquete de vino añejo, pedazos escogidos contuétano,y vino añejo refinado. Y destruirá en este monte la cobertura que cubre todos los pueblos, el velo que está extendido sobre todas las naciones. El destruirá la muerte para siempre; el Señor Dios enjugará las lágrimas de todos los rostros, y quitará el oprobio de su pueblo de sobre toda la tierra, porque el Señor ha hablado. Y en aquel día se dirá: He aquí, éste es nuestro Dios a quien hemos esperado para que nos salvara; éste es el Señor a quien hemos esperado; regocijémonos y alegrémonos en su salvación. Porque la mano del Señor reposará en este monte, y Moab será hollado en su sitio como es hollada la paja en el agua del muladar. Y en medio de él, Moab extenderá sus manos como el nadador extiende sus manos para nadar, pero el Señor abatirá su arrogancia y la destreza de sus manos. Y derribará las fortalezas inexpugnables de tus murallas, las humillará y las echará por tierra, hasta el polvo. Lector The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God!

The Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 25:6-19



On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-matured wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-matured wines strained clear. And he will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the sheet that is spread over all nations; he will swallow up death for ever. Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. It will be said on that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so 4

that he might save us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation. For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain. The Moabites shall be trodden down in their place as straw is trodden down in a dung-pit. Though they spread out their hands in the midst of it, as swimmers spread out their hands to swim, their pride will be laid low despite the struggle of their hands. The high fortifications of his walls will be brought down, laid low, cast to the ground, even to the dust. Lector The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God!

Psalm 121 Levavi oculos

First, the cantor sings the REFRAIN. The congregation repeats the REFRAIN. All chant the verses and repeat the REFRAIN where indicated.

REFRAIN

CHANT





I lift up my eyes to the hills; * from where is my help to come? My help comes from the LORD, * the maker of heaven and earth. (REFRAIN) The LORD will not let your foot be moved, * and the One who watches over you will not fall a-sleep. Behold, the One who keeps watch over Israel * shall neither slumber nor sleep; It is the LORD who watches over you; * the LORD is your shade at your right hand, So that the sun shall not strike you by day, * nor the moon by night. (REFRAIN) The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; * the LORD shall keep you safe. The LORD shall watch over your going out and your coming in, * from this time forth for evermore. (REFRAIN, 2x)

The Epistle: Corinthians 15:50-58











What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled:‘ Death has been swallowed up in victory.’ ‘Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?’ The sting of death is sin, and the 5

power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.



Lector

People

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God!

Sequence Hymn

“Blessed Assurance” (please stand)

1. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine; Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood. [Refrain] This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long.

2. Perfect submission, perfect delight, visions of rapture now burst on my sight; angels descending, bring from above echoes of mercy, whispers of love. [Refrain] This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long.

The Gospel: John 10:11-16 Gospeller The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. People Glory to you, Lord Christ!

3. Perfect submission, all is at rest, I in my Savior am happy and blest; watching and waiting, looking above, filled with His goodness, lost in His love. [Refrain] This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long.

‘I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away—and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. Gospeller The Gospel of the Lord. People Praise to you, Lord Christ!

The Sermon: The Rt. Reverend Vashti McKenzie

Hymn “Let the Church Say Amen” [ANDRAÉ CROUCH] Let the church say amen, let the church say amen. God has spoken, so let the church say amen God has spoken, so let the church say amen, Oh, thank you Lord God has spoken, so let the church say amen. 6

Prayers of the People (please stand)



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Lector

Dear Sisters and Brothers in the Risen Christ, we have been formed of the earth and made one in Holy Baptism. We come this day to give thanks for our faithful ancestors and to celebrate our elders. Beloved, it is said that a "people who lack the knowledge of their past are like a tree without roots." So, in the spirit of remembrance and thanksgiving, we honor the past, so that we may learn from it. It is said that through others we are somebody, and so we remember our heritage and recall those who gave us life. We call upon our elders, whose wisdom we seek in all endeavors; our friends, who we are blessed to have in our lives; our parents, who guided us along the road to adulthood. We call upon family who have passed over. We ask that they be with us in our thoughts. Prayer Response

On this Day of remembering and celebration, let us give honor to those who hallowed this earth by their prayers and by the way they walked in the light of God. Let us remember the giants of faith on whose shoulders we stand: Abraham, Sarah, Jacob, Deborah, Solomon, Ruth, David, and Esther. Who else shall we name? On this Day of the Ancestors, let us give honor to those who, empowered by the Holy Spirit, established God's church, giving life, blood, soul, and strength that we might have a right to the tree of life: Mary of Magdala, Paul, Lydia, Athanasius, Julian, Augustine, Philip. Who else shall we name?





Lector

Prayer Response

On this day when we give thanks to God for the first woman ordained bishop in the Anglican Communion, Barbara C. Harris, and also for Vashti McKenzie, the first woman ordained as bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and we celebrate the gift of women in ministry. Give honor and praise to God for those women whose perseverance still nurtures and strengthens us today: Miriam, Sarah, Anna, Elizabeth, Mary the mother of God, Mary and Martha of Bethany, Phoebe, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King. Who else shall we name?



Lector



On this Day of the Freedom Fighters, let us give honor to those whose belief in the God of freedom was so strong that freedom rings stronger and longer today. Let us remember these warriors of liberation and service on whose shoulders we stand: Nat Turner, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells Barnett. Who else shall we name? Prayer Response

Lector

On this Day of the Justice Seekers, let us give honor to those who hallowed the struggle for justice by the love that they have shown to create a beloved community. Let us remember these blessed 7

ones whose example we should follow: Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Ella Baker, Martin Luther King, Jr., Maya Angelou, Edward Demby, Fannie Lou Hamer, Nelson Mandela, Marian Wright Edelman. Who else shall we name?



Lector

On this Day of the Pioneers, let us give honor to those who led the way, who were the first to stand up and be counted, and who blazed the trail that others may follow. Let us remember these forerunners in whose shadow we stand: James Theodore Holly, Quintin Primo, Pauli Murray, Absalom Jones, Artemisia Bowden, Verna Dozier, Alexander Crummell. Who else shall we name? Prayer Response



Lector

On this Day of the Saints, let us give honor to those who built our families, who sacrificed for our wellbeing, who built up our church, who founded institutions of learning, who braved the storm, who fought the good fight, and who may still be fighting on. We stand on their shoulders!



The community is invited to call out the names of the Ancestors and Elders they wish to honor.



Bishop



People

O God, we give thanks for the goodness of creation, for the victory of resurrection, and for the grace of redemption. We praise you for leading us from darkness into light, and for bringing us through the waters of death into new life in you. Amen. Prayer Response

The Peace Bishop The peace of the Lord be always with you. People And also with you.

Hymn “It is Well With My Soul” 1. When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll; whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, "It is well, it is well with my soul." [Refrain] It is well with my soul; it is well, it is well with my soul. 2. Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, let this blest assurance control: that Christ has regarded my helpless estate, and has shed his own blood for my soul.

[ Refrain] 3. My sin oh, the bliss of this glorious thought! my sin, not in part, but the whole, is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more; praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul! [Refrain] 4. O Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,the clouds be rolled back as a scroll; the trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend; even so, it is well with my soul. [Refrain]



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Announcements Celebrant People

Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory!

The Holy Communion Celebrant: The Rt. Reverend Barbara C. Harris Offertory “Victory Is Mine” 1. Victory is mine, Victory is mine, Victory today is mine. I told Satan to get thee behind, Victory today is mine. 2. Joy is mine, Joy is mine, Joy today is mine I told Satan to get thee behind, I know that joy is mine.



3. Happiness is mine, Happiness is mine, Happiness today is mine. I told Satan to get thee behind, Happiness today is mine. 4. Pace is mine, Pace is mine, Pace today is mine. I told Satan to get thee behind, Pace today is mine. 5. Victory is mine, Victory is mine, Victory today is mine. I told Satan to get thee behind, Victory today is min

The Great Thanksgiving Bishop

People Bishop

People Bishop

People

The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give God thanks and praise.

Then, facing the Holy Table, the Bishop proceeds Bishop

For in the multitude of your saints you have surrounded us with a great cloud of witnesses, that we might rejoice in their Fellowship, and run with endurance the race that is set before us; and, together with them, receive the crown of glory that never fades away. And so this day we join with saints and angels in the chorus of praise that rings through eternity, lifting our voices to magnify you as we sing: Sanctus Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of host, heaven and earth are filled with your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

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Bishop Continues

All holy God, how wonderful the works of your hands! You restored the beauty of your image when sin had scarred the world. As a mother tenderly gathers her children, you embraced a people as your own and filled them with longing for a peace that would last and for a justice that would never fail. Through countless generations your people hungered for the bread of freedom. From them you raised up Jesus, the living Bread, in whom ancient hungers were satisfied. He healed the sick, though he himself would suffer; he offered life to sinners, though death would hunt him down. But with a love stronger than death, he opened wide his arms and surrendered his spirit. Gracious God, let your Holy Spirit move in power over us and over our earthly gifts of bread and wine, that they may become the Body and Blood of Christ. On the night before he met with death, Jesus came to table with those he loved. He took bread and blessed you, God of all creation; he broke the bread among his disciples and said: Take, eat: This is my Body which is given for you." When supper was ended, he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to you, the God of all creation; he passed the cup among his disciples and said: “Take this all of you and Drink it: This is Blood of the new Covenant which is poured out for you and for all for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me." Let us proclaim the mystery of faith: Bishop and People:

Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. Bishop Continues

Holy One, we commemorate Jesus, your Son, as we offer you this sacrifice. Death could not bind him, for you raised him up in the spirit of holiness and exalted him as Lord of creation. May his coming in glory find us ever watchful in prayer, strong in love, and faithful in the breaking of the bread. Rejoicing in the Holy Spirit, your whole Church offers thanks and praise. We pray for those here present and all whose lives bring hope to this world. Lord of the living and the dead, awaken to the undying light of pardon and peace those fallen asleep in faith, especially those who have died alone, unloved, and unmourned.



Gather them all into communion with Mary, the mother of God, with Curtis, and all your saints. Then at last, will all creation be one and all divisions healed, and we shall join in singing your praise through your Son, Jesus Christ. Through Christ, and with Christ, and in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, to you be honor, glory, and praise for ever and ever.



People Celebrant



Amen. As our Savior Christ has taught us, we now pray,

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The Lord’s Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

The Breaking of the Bread Fraction Anthem



Communion of the People Bishop The Gifts of God for the people of God The Eucharist in the Episcopal Church is open to all baptized Christians.

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Communion Hymns “Give Me Jesus” 1. In the morning when I rise, in the morning when I rise, in the morning when I rise, give me Jesus. [Refrain] Give me Jesus, give me Jesus, you may have all this world; give me Jesus. 2. Dark midnight was my cry, dark midnight was my cry,

dark midnight was my cry, give me Jesus. [Refrain] 3. Just about the break of day, just about the break of day, just about the break of day, give me Jesus. [Refrain] 4. Oh, when I come to die, oh, when I come to die, oh, when I come to die, give me Jesus. [Refrain]

“His Eye is on the Sparrow”

1. Why should I feel discouraged? Why should the shadows come? Why should my heart be lonely and long for heaven and home, when Jesus is my portion? My constant friend is he: his eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me; his eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me. [Refrain] I sing because I’m happy, I sing because I’m free, for his eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me. 2. “Let not your heart be troubled,” his tender word I hear, and resting on his goodness,

I lose my doubts and fears; though by the path he leadeth but one step I may see: his eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me; his eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me. [Refrain] 3. Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise, when song gives place to sighing, when hope within me dies, I draw the closer to him, from care he sets me free: his eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me; his eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me. [Refrain]

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“Steal Away”

[Refrain] Steal away, steal away, steal away to Jesus! Steal away, steal away home; I ain't got long to stay here. 1. My Lord, he calls me; he calls me by the thunder. The trumpet sounds within my soul; I ain't got long to stay here. [Refrain]

2. Green trees are bending; poor sinners stand a-trembling. The trumpet sounds within my soul; I ain't got long to stay here. [Refrain] 3. Tombstones are bursting poor sinners stand a-trembling. The trumpet sounds within my soul; I ain't got long to stay here. [Refrain] 4My Lord, he calls me; he calls me by the lightning. The trumpet sounds within my soul; I ain't got long to stay here. [Refrain]

“We’ll Understand It Better By and By”



1. We are tossed and driven on the restless sea of time; somber skies and howling tempests oft succeed a bright sunshine; in that land of perfect day, when the mists are rolled away, we will understand it better by and by. [Refrain] By and by, when the morning comes, when the saints of God are gathered home, we'll tell the story how we've overcome, for we'll understand it better by and by. 2. We are often destitute of the things that life demands, want of food and want of shelter, thirsty hills and barren lands; we are trusting in the Lord, and according to God's word, we will understand it better by and by.

[Refrain] 3. Trials dark on every hand, and we cannot understand all the ways that God would lead us to that blessed promised land; but he guides us with his eye, and we'll follow till we die, for we'll understand it better by and by. [Refrain] 4. Temptations, hidden snares often take us unawares, and our hearts are made to bleed for a thoughtless word or deed; and we wonder why the test when we try to do our best, but we'll understand it better by and by. [Refrain] 13



“I am the Bread of Life/Yo soy el Pan de Vida”







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Post Communion Prayer Bishop Let us pray. People God of abundance, you have fed us with the bread of life and cup of salvation; you have united

us with Christ and one another; and you have made us one with all your people in heaven and on earth. Now send us forth in the power of your Spirit, that we may proclaim your redeeming love to the world and continue for ever in the risen life of Christ our Savior. Amen.



Hymn



“Lift Every Voice and Sing” (please stand)

1. Lift every voice and sing till earth and heaven ring, ring with the harmonies of liberty. Let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies; let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us; sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us. Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, let us march on, till victory is won. 2. Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod, felt in the days when hope unborn had died. Yet, with a steady beat, have not our weary feet come to the place for which our parents sighed?

We have come over a way that with tears has been watered; we have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. 3. God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, thou who hast brought us thus far on the way; thou who hast by thy might led us into the light, keep us forever in the path, we pray. Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met thee; lest our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget thee; shadowed beneath thy hand may we forever stand, true to our God, true to our native land.

The Blessing Bishop Live without fear: your Creator has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a

mother. Go in peace to follow the good road, and may God's blessing Father, Son, and Holy Spirit be with you now and always.



People Amen.



Dismissal Deacon Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. People Thanks be to God.



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Liturgical Participants MINISTERS: ALL OF US!





CELEBRANT: THE RT. REV. BARBARA C. HARRIS, RETIRED BISHOP, SUFFRAGAN OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF MASSACHUSETTS.



PREACHER: THE RT. REV. VASHTI MCKENZIE, PRESIDING PRELATE OF THE 10TH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL (AME) CHURCH.



BISHOP HARRIS’ CHAPLAIN AND GOSPELLER: THE REV. DN. JORDAN F. CASSON, DEACON-IN CHARGE, ST. MICHAEL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, YEADON, PA. BISHOP MCKENZIE’S CHAPLAIN: THE VERY REV. DR. MARTINI SHAW, DIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA.



FIRST READER (SPANISH): FREDDY PERRIOTT , HISTORIC ST. LUKE'S, NEW ORLEANS, LA. SECOND READER: LINDA SHOMO, EARL B. SCOTT CHAPTER, DIOCESE OF NEW JERSEY, ST. AUGUSTINE, ASBURY PARK, NJ INTERCESSORS: CHRISTINA M. DONOVAN, TRINITY WALL STREET, NEW YORK THURIFER: ACOLYTES:

ANTHONY JOHNSON, HISTORIC ST. LUKE'S, NEW ORLEANS, LA. TREVOR BRYAN III, HISTORIC ST. LUKE'S, NEW ORLEANS, LA. AMARI AARON, HISTORIC ST. LUKE'S, NEW ORLEANS, LA. ASHANTI AARON, HISTORIC ST. LUKE'S, NEW ORLEANS, LA.



MUSICIANS: DIRECTOR OF MUSIC: ALBINAS PRIZGINTAS PIANIST: HEZEKIAH BRINSON, DMA TRADITIONAL AFRICAN DRUMMING: THE DRUM TEAM AT HISTORIC ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, LUTHER GRAY AND CLARK

RICHARDSON SPECIAL THANKS TO HISTORIC ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH CHOIR MEMBERS, THE DIRECTION OF, MR. DWAYNE WHITE

SPECIAL THANKS: CARL MAULTSBY, DFA, MUSICAL CONSULTANT SPECIAL THANKS: FR. DEON K. JOHNSON, LITURGICAL CONSULTANT

PLANNING COMMITTEE OF THE 48TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND MEETING CO-DEANS MRS. GILLIAN KNOWLES-JONES, DIOCESE OF LOUISIANA THE REV. PHOEBE ROAF, DIOCESE OF VIRGINIA CO-CHAPLAINS THE REV. BROTHER JOSEPH WALLACE-WILLIAMS, N/OHC, ORDER OF THE HOLY CROSS THE REV. TERRENCE A. TAYLOR, DIOCESE OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA FR. CURTIS CISCO CHAPTER PRESIDENT MS. FORTUNATA JEFFERSON ONELICENSE: SINGLE USE LICENSE: E-803511. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER.



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THE UNION OF BLACK EPISCOPALIANS NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT: CANON ANNETTE L. BUCHANAN HONORARY BOARD CHAIR: THE RT. REV. NATHAN D. BAXTER 1ST VICE PRESIDENT: CANON JILL MATHIS 2ND VICE PRESIDENT: THE VERY REV. DR. MARTINI SHAW SECRETARY: MS. DIANNE AUDRICK SMITH TREASURER: THE REV. DEACON CLIVE O. SANG PRESIDENT'S ADVISOR: THE REV. CANON DR. SANDYE A. WILSON IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: MR. JOHN HARRIS



YOUTH ADVISOR: MS. ALEXIZENDRIA (ZENA) LINK YOUTH CHAPLAIN: THE REV. EDWIN JOHNSON YOUTH REPRESENTATIVES: JASON LAMONT NICHOLAS HARVEY, CAMRY SIMONE BROWN YOUNG ADULT REPRESENTATIVE: MR. DARIUS MARCH'E JENKINS-HUDGINS



NORTHEAST REGIONAL DIRECTOR: THE REV. CANON DR. LYNN COLLINS MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL DIRECTOR: MR. LIONEL BROOME MIDWEST REGIONAL DIRECTOR: THE REV. TREVOR R. BABB SOUTHERN REGIONAL DIRECTOR: MS. ALMA FLOWERS WESTERN REGIONAL DIRECTOR: MR. LOUIS GLOSSON AT-LARGE MEMBER - CARIBBEAN: THE REV. P. ALLISTER RAWLINS AT-LARGE MEMBER - HAITIAN: THE REV. NATHANAEL SAINT-PIERRE AT-LARGE MEMBER - LIBERIAN: THE REV. JAMES WILSON AT-LARGE MEMBER: THE REV. BENJAMIN MUSOKE-LUBEGA

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