Let's Talk About Race
Tuesday, August 27, 2024, 6:00 PM
The Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers serves as Canon to Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry and spearheads Episcopal efforts around evangelism, racial reconciliation and creation care. Her newest books are The Church Cracked Open: Disruption, Decline and New Hope for Beloved Community and an updated 15th anniversary edition Radical Welcome: Embracing God, The Other and the Spirit of Transformation. She has served as Chaplain to the Episcopal House of Bishops, directed and taught mission and evangelism at General Theological Seminary, and served as a canon in the Diocese of Long Island. Before that, she founded The Crossing, a ground-breaking church within St. Paul’s Cathedral in Boston, and led numerous church-wide renewal and justice efforts. A native of Frankfort, Kentucky, and a graduate of both Episcopal Divinity School and Harvard Divinity School, she and her husband Albert deGrasse make their home today in New York's Harlem neighborhood. Learn more about her recent works at churchcrackedopen.com.
Spellers will be our guest on Tuesday, August 27 for Let's Talk About Race as we discuss her book, The Church Cracked Open. Join Mary, Brian, and Stephanie at 6:00 p.m. in Hansen Hall for dinner and conversation. In preparation for the discussion, please read The Church Cracked Open. We have books available in the office or from Mary or Brian Sunday morning. You can also hear Stephanie preach at the chapel in the park this Sunday, August 25.
