Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson, General Synod Administrator, takes a look at worship opportunities available at General Synod.
Worship Leaders
Leading worship service Sunday, July 11 at 5 p.m. EDT
Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.’s history in the United Church of Christ and the Civil Rights Movement reflect a legacy of justice and activism. Chavis served as Executive Director of CRJ from 1985 to 1993, headed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 1993 to 1994, served as national director of the 1995 Million Man March in D.C., co-founded the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, and now leads the National Newspaper Publishers Association.
Leading worship service Wednesday, July 14 at 8 p.m. EDT
The Rev. Michelle Higgins is the pastor of St. John’s UCC (The Beloved Community) in St. Louis, Executive Director of Faith for Justice, co-founder of Action St. Louis, active in the Movement for Black Lives and its Electoral Justice Project, and part of a trio of Black women who host the Truth’s Table podcast, where they “love truth” and “share our perspectives on race, politics, gender, current events, and pop culture that are filtered through our Christian faith.”
Leading worship service Sunday, July 18 at 6 p.m. EDT
Rev. Karen Georgia Thompson is the Associate General Minister of Wider Church Ministries and Operations, one of two co-executives of Global Ministries, Administrator of the General Synod, and Minister for Racial Justice with Justice and Witness Ministries. She has represented the UCC to the World Council of Churches and World Communion of Reformed Churches and, in the U.S., the National Council of Churches and Churches Uniting in Christ.
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