Photos submitted by the Rev. Canon Sierra Reyes and Canon Stephanie Martin Taylor
On Saturday, Sacred Ground participants and facilitators from our diocese and beyond spent a full day at Epiphany, San Carlos. They shared stories, met with The Episcopal Church’s Sacred Ground leadership team, participated in breakout workshops, and worshiped as a Sacred Ground community.
The gathering continued on Sunday with a worship service at St. Paul’s, Oakland, where the Rev. Canon Sierra Reyes, DioCall’s Canon to the Ordinary, delivered the sermon.
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Back row (from left to right): The Rev. Dr. Mauricio Wilson, rector of St. Paul's, Oakland; the Rev. Canon Sierra Reyes, Canon to the Ordinary for the Diocese of California; the Rev. Valerie Mayo, Sacred Ground Strategic Consultant; Jeanette Dinwiddie-Moore, Co-chair of the Union of Black Episcopalians Vivian Traylor/Northern California Chapter; Andrea Lauerman, Sacred Ground Coordinator Front row: The Rev. Mary Blessing, Social Justice Committee Member, Diocese of El Camino Real; the Rev. Canon Eric Metoyer, Canon for Racial, Social, and Environmental Justice for the Diocese of California.
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Saturday's program included a panel discussion featuring (from left to right) the Rev. Canon Eric Metoyer; Lariza Dugan-Cuadra, Executive Director of CARECEN (Central American Resource Center) in San Francisco; the Ven. Miguel Bustos (panel moderator), Diocese of California Archdeacon and Episcopal Church Manager for Racial Reconciliation and Justice; Cara Meredith, speaker, public theologian, and author; and Fred Blackwell, CEO of the San Francisco Foundation.
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The gathering kicked off Saturday morning in the parish hall of Epiphany, San Carlos.
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Fred Blackwell speaks during the Saturday morning panel discussion.
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The Rev. Dr. Pamela Stevens, Clergy in Charge at El Buen Pastor and St. Peter's, Redwood City, delivered the homily for Saturday.
