Have a great summer!
We will resume services Sunday, August 24th. Information about Meditation and Prayer and other events to come. See you in the fall!
WELCOME!
Welcome to LCM Canterbury! We are a community of students, faculty, staff, young adults, and supporters here in Flagstaff supported by The Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Here are LCM Canterbury, we welcome and affirm people of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, abilities, disabilities, races, ethnic identities, economic statuses, and backgrounds, to join in the life of our campus community. With God's help, we commit ourselves to actively working for reconciliation, racial equity, and justice for all people, and to respecting the dignity of every person. Growing together in faith, we seek the unity that Christ envisions for his church through learning, worship, service, and fellowship.
Emancipation Day Celebration, 19 June, 1900.
Photo from The Portal to Texas History Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.
Celebrating Juneteenth
Juneteeth celebrates June 19, 1865, when the Union Army, led by General Gordon Granger, arrived in Galveston, TX and announced that all enslaved African Americans were free. Although the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect on January 1st, 1863, the Civil War did not end until April 1865, and the proclamation was not enforced in rebelling states until June 19th, 1865.
Chattel slavery did not end in the United States until the passage of the 13th Amendment. In the coming decades, the 14th Amendment was passed to provide citizenship, due process, and equal protection, and the 15th Amendment was passed to grant voting rights and the right to hold public office.
Even though slavery officially ended 160 years ago, its effects persist in modern culture and systems. African Americans still experience racially-based discrimination and violence. Disproportionate rates of imprisonment, the wealth gap, access to good healthcare, housing, and employment, and inadequate representation in media and government are ongoing issues that the Black community faces.
At LCMCanterbury, we are committed to actively working for justice and reconciliation for all people. It is important to recognize and combat the ongoing oppression and violence the Black community faces. The work is not over.
Today, we celebrate the end of chattel slavery in America. To read more about Juneteenth, visit this page on the National Museum of African American History and Culture website.
Congratulations, Rev. Brad!
The former chaplain of LCM Canterbury, Brad Eubanks, was ordained to the diaconal order of the Episcopal Church last Saturday, 25th January. They served as our chaplain for 9 years, and began the combination of the Lutheran and Episcopal campus ministries at NAU. Their contributions to our ministry and community made us what we are today. Congratulations on your ordination!
We are a
Reconciling in Christ
Young Adult and Campus Ministry.
ReconcilingWorks advocates and works toward the full welcome, inclusion, and equity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual/aromantic (LGBTQIA+) Lutherans in all aspects of the life of their Church, congregations, and community.
If you would like more information on how you can join this work, visit www.reconcilingworks.org.
