Sunday, June 23, 4pm, First Congregational Church, 444 E. Broad St.

The 2024 Gladden Lecture Series: The Rev. Dr. Yvonne V. Delk, “Truth Telling: A Mission for the Church and Country in an Era of Afrophobia, Critical Race Theory, and Christian Nationalism.”

Join us on Sunday, June 23 at 4pm for the 2024 Gladden Lecture series featuring The Rev. Dr. Yvonne V. Delk.

For over 60 years, Rev. Delk has been a strong ally in the fight for human and civil rights for people of color, children, and the poor. In 1974, Rev. Delk became the first African American woman to be ordained as clergy in the UCC. She is the editor of the book Afro-Christian Convention: The Fifth Stream of the United Church of Christ. This is the story of faith, survival, and empowerment in the hostile environment of racism. This holy stream of African spirituality that flowed across the Atlantic Ocean up to the tidewaters of Virginia in 1619, the same stream that overflowed in 1957 into the worship and work of the United Church of Christ is given its long-overdue place in the canon of the UCC.

The Rev. Delk will also preach at both the 9am and 11am worship services at First Congregational Church on Sunday, June 23.

The 2024 Gladden Lecture is being co-sponsored by the Washington Gladden Social Justice Park; a reception following the lecture will be held in the Social Justice Park.

Hosted by First Congregational Church.