06/13/2026
Join us tomorrow at 10AM, in person and online, as we weave a celebration of Juneteenth through our worship. Juneteenth honors the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to enforce the emancipation of enslaved Black people there—more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had been signed. It wasn’t the day slavery legally ended in the United States, but it was the day when freedom—already proclaimed—was finally delivered, through presence, courage, and witness.
Huge thanks to Miss Linda Upshaw and Connie Thompson for adding their voices to this worship of witness through some special music and their reflection about the ways the Black Church provided—and still provides--a center of survival, culture, mutual care, and personal dignity. In their words, worship was the ultimate celebration of freedom and of reclaiming one's fully human, divinely loved being—which is exactly what Juneteenth is about. At the heart of worship will be the story of Cain and Abel as we start exploring some of Genesis this summer. And at the heart of the story of Cain and Abel is the question, "Am I my brother's keeper?" How many times does God need to remind us "Yes! Yes, you are"? Let's gather tomorrow and embrace that reminder of responsibility for that radical love until it is fully realized.
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