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Absalom Jones Service

  • Christ Church Cathedral 900 Broadway Nashville, TN, 37203 United States (map)

Please join us in celebrating Absalom Jones, the founder of the first Black Episcopal congregation in the United States in 1794. He was the first African American to be ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church of the United States and is listed on the Episcopal calendar of saints.

The Rev. Ollie Rencher, rector of Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and School in Memphis, TN, will be the guest preacher.

Donations collected for St. Augustine University, Raleigh, NC & Voorhees University, Denmark, SC

Earlier Event: February 23
Eucharist & Formation Classes
Later Event: February 26
Book Study