Episcopal Youth Ministry in ATL

Blackness in a Youth Ministry Context

June 17, 2020 Episcopal Youth Ministry in ATL Season 2 Episode 12
Episcopal Youth Ministry in ATL
Blackness in a Youth Ministry Context
Show Notes

This episode features special guest Black Youth Ministers from across the church. Wallace serves as the primary host for the episode and has a conversation on with the following guests.

Myra Garnes: Canon for Youth and Young Adult Ministries, Episcopal Diocese of Long Island
Marvin Mclennon: Director of Children and Youth Ministries at Christ Episcopal Church in Little Rock Arkansas
Sierra Gore: Christian Formation and Camping Ministry Assistant in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia

In this episode, our host and guests speak their truth of what their experience has been serving as a Black Youth Minister in our Church. They open up on the struggles, challenges, and where they see hope. They offer advice on what white people, especially church leadership, can do to be allies and do the work of undoing the systems we see in the world and our church.