[The Episcopal News] A gallery of photos from the Diocese of Los Angeles’ first-ever Juneteenth Evensong. The service was held on June 18 at St. John’s Cathedral, Los Angeles.
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Photos by Janet Kawamoto / The Episcopal News
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Canon Chas Cheatham leads the congregation and the Episcopal Chorale in “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” sometimes called the Black national anthem.
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Bishop John Harvey Taylor of the Diocese of Los Angeles delivers opening remarks.
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Deacon Guy Leemhuis, Bishop John Harvey Taylor and the Rev. Lester Mackenzie join the congregation in song.
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Members of the Episcopal Chorale perform during the Evensong.
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Deacon Dominique Piper and Deacon Margaret McCauley lead a libation ceremony adapted from an ancient African custom.
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Dominique Piper pours out water as Margaret McCauley reads prayers during a libation ceremony.
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Ugandan praise dancers from St. Mark’s Church, Van Nuys, perform at the Juneteenth Evensong at St. John’s Cathedral.
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Deacon Dominique Piper reads prayers as Deacon Guy Leemhuis, Bishop John Harvey Taylor and the Rev. Lester Mackenzie join the congregation in responses.
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Deacon Jamesetta Hammons displays quilts she created to honor Black history and in the United States.
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Deacon Stacey Forte Dupré helps Deacon Jamie Hammons display Hammons’ quilt honoring Black history.
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The Episcopal Chorale, directed by founder Canon Charles “Chas” Cheatham, performs the closing anthem, “What a Fellowship.”
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Canon Chas Cheatham, center, presents a Father’s Day gift to Bishop John Harvey Taylor.
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Bishop John Harvey Taylor joins the Episcopal Chorale and Canon Chas Cheatham in song.
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The Episcopal Chorale, a renowned gospel choir, poses with conductor Canon Charles “Chas” Cheatham (front right).
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Suzanne Edwards-Acton, co-chair of the diocesan Program Group on Black Ministries, welcomes attendees.
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Casey Jones, vice president of the H. Belfield Hannibal Chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians, greets the congregation.
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The Episcopal Chorale accompanist plays the cathedral organ.
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The Rev. Lester Mackenzie sings an African chant, accompanying himself on a drum.
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Qwendolyn Price delivers “The Negro Mother,” a poem by Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes.
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A reader delivers a lesson from scripture.
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The Rev. Guy Leemhuis delivers a sermon at the Juneteenth Evensong. “We as a people have been ‘invisibalized’ for hundreds of years, all the way up to today,” he said.
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Deacon Stacey Forte Dupré, president of the H. Belfield Hannibal Chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians (Diocese of Los Angeles) delivers remarks to the congregation as Deacon Guy Leemhuis, first vice president of the churchwide UBE, looks on.
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A singer from the Episcopal Chorale performs at the Juneteenth service.
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Canon Charles “Chas” Cheatham conducts the Episcopal Chorale at the Juneteenth Evensong.