The first African American to be ordained as a bishop in the Episcopal Church was a missionary bishop, first to Haiti and later also to the Dominican Republic. Learn more about him in the service of Noonday Prayer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq648ueH3Ns
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Saints Alive!
I have been privileged to offer Noonday Prayer at my church, usually on Thursdays, which doesn’t matter because it’s on Youtube forever. [It’s amazing what can be done with a smartphone and a smart, helpful parish administrator!] The service is brief, with a place for a meditation. We usually look at the Episcopal calendar of saints, who are nearly always honored on their death dates, not their birth dates. Here is a hymn by medieval saint Hildegard of Bingen to set the mood.
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