Join us for a service celebrating the life and ministry of Barbara Clementine Harris, the first woman and first African-American bishop ordained in the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion.

Barbara Harris, born in 1930, grew up in Philadelphia. She was active in the civil rights movement. She was ordained a deacon in 1979 and a priest in 1980. In 1989, she was ordained as a bishop and served as the diocesan bishop for the Diocese of Massachusetts. 

Our featured preacher is Bishop Phoebe Roaf, Bishop of West Tennessee. She is the first woman and first African-American bishop to serve not only in the Diocese of West Tennessee, but in all of Tennessee’s Episcopal dioceses. 

A reception will follow the service.