Rev. Samuel Crowther
While many today have never heard of him, Samuel Ajayi Crowther was often considered the most influential African Christian of the 19th century. Read more about Rev. Crowther here.
Rev. Pauli Murray
Rev. Murray was a poet, activist, and the first black woman ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church. Rev. Pauli's wiki
Vida Scudder
Oxford graduate, labor organizer, church reform advocate, educator, and author. Today she is buried in Newton, Massachusetts next to author Florence Converse, the woman she loved. Vida Scudder's Wiki
Mary, Mother of Jesus
St. Matthew the Evangelist
Ruby Sales
Jonathan Myrick Daniels, a (white) Episcopal seminarian, was gunned down in Alabama in 1965 while shielding a 16 year old Sales with his own body. The white supremacist gunman was found innocent by an all-white jury and publicly stated he would do it all again if given the chance.
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Sales went on to become a major civil rights leader, activist, theologian, and (in recent years) elder spokesperson for the Black Lives Matter movement.
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2023 Lent Zine created for Grace Memorial Episcopal in Portland, OR
2022 Advent Zine created for Grace Memorial Episcopal in Portland, OR
