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2012 Black History Month
at Grace Church
Theme:
Becoming the Anti-Racist Society
“I have a dream that
my four little children will one day
live in a nation where they will
not be judged by the color of their
skin, but by the content of their
character.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
SAVE THESE DATES AT GRACE!
 Monday,
January 16, 2012, 3:00 PM -Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day
Guest Speaker, Matilde Moros,
M.Div. ABD, Assistant Dean for Special
Program and Initiatives at New Brunswick
Theological Seminary.
Professor Moros holds a
Master of Theological Studies degree from
Harvard University Divinity School, as
Master of Divinity degree from Princeton
Seminary and is a candidate for the Ph.D. in
Religion and Society at Drew University.
Having grown up in Venezuela and the United
States, Professor Moros has served the
Presbyterian Church (USA) in Colombia,
Venezuela, and the United States in
congregational, seminary and denominational
settings.
She has also served as
Interim Director of the Hispanic/Latino(a)
Leadership Program at Princeton Theological
Seminary and as Program and Grants Manager
for People and Stories, an organization that
reaches underserved populations through the
arts.
Saturday, February 4, 6:00
to 7:30 PM - Dramatic Reading
Parish Hall
African American actors
reading Shakespeare and other poets.
Directed by Antu Yacob.
Saturday, February 11,
6:30 PM - Black History Gala Dinner
Featuring foods from the
African Diaspora.
Special Presentation:
“Becoming the Anti-Racist
Church"
Rt. Rev. George E. Councell,
Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey and Rev.
Terrance Rosheuvel, founder and former
Chairperson of the Anti-Racism Commission of
the Diocese of New Jersey.
Sunday, February 12, 10:30
AM - Holy Eucharist
Special Readings, Slave
Narratives and African American Poetry
during worship
Sunday, February 12, 5:00
PM - Evensong, Feast of Absalom Jones
Preacher, Rev. Dr.
Francisco Pozo, Chairperson of the Hispanic
Commission; Vicar, Cristo Rey, Trenton,
Diocese of New Jersey
Sunday, February
26, 10:30 AM - Youth & Family Sunday
Special children’s readings
of African American stories in worship |
