Third Sunday after Epiphany, and Divine 9 Sunday, January 26, 2025, 10:30am.
Third Sunday after Epiphany, and Divine 9 Sunday, January 26, 2025, 10:30am. Our On-line bulletin: https://files.constantcontact.com/663... Please support our ministry with your donation at https//:trinitychurchdc.org/support. Our Clergy: Reverend Shayna J. Watson, Priest In Charge Reverend Alethea Long-Green, Deacon Reverend Dr. Shawn Strout, Assisting Clergy Our Guest Preacher: Rev Dr. Gwendolyn Elizabeth Boyd WELCOME to Trinity Episcopal Church. We are delighted that you are here with us in person and online on this Third Sunday after Epiphany, and Divine 9 Sunday, January 26, 2025. Please join in the worship by following the liturgy in this bulletin. We also invite you to use the time before worship to pray and invite the presence of the Holy Spirit to keep you centered and focused on what God may be saying to you today. After worship, we invite you to pray for God’s strength to help you face and meet the demands of the world from this moment and in the days to come. THE VESTRY AND STAFF OF TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH WISH YOU PEACE, JOY AND WARMEST BLESSINGS FOR A PROSPEROUS AND PEACEFUL NEW YEAR!!! About Our Guest Preacher: Rev Dr. Gwendolyn Elizabeth Boyd is an engineer and is described as a dynamic and relevant leader, a prolific motivational speaker, a powerful preacher and a prominent advocate for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education. Boyd is a native of Montgomery, Alabama and earned her B.S. from Alabama State University with a major in mathematics and a double minor in physics and music. She received a full fellowship to pursue graduate studies at Yale University where she was the first African American female to earn a M. S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from this Ivy League institution. She has earned both the Master of Divinity and the Doctor of Ministry degrees from Howard University. Additionally, she has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Lincoln University (2004), Bennett College (2004) and Kentucky State University (2019) and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (2019). Boyd’s professional career of more than three decades at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory was highlighted by exemplary leadership and dedicated service as part of engineering teams. Early in her career, she was an analyst in the Strategic Systems Department, where she was a part of teams that conducted independent analyses an operational performance evaluation of Strategic weapons Systems on Polaris, Poseidon and trident submarines. Later she became the Assistant for Development Programs and Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff. She was selected to serve on the inaugural team of the Johns Hopkins Diversity Leadership Council (DLC) for Johns Hopkins University (1996) and served as Chair of the DLC from 2001-2013 reporting directly to the President of Johns Hopkins University as the Council worked on issues of diversity, inclusion, civility and respect across all the various divisions of Johns Hopkins. Boyd is a nationally recognized champion of education, especially as it relates to STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) disciplines. In 2009, Boyd was nominated by President Barack Obama and received U.S. Senate confirmation to serve as a trustee to the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. On January 16, 2014, President Obama appointed Boyd and 14 other individuals to serve on the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans. This Commission was charged with strengthening the nation by improving educational outcomes for African Americans and to ensure that all African Americans receive an education that prepares them for college, productive careers and satisfying lives. Boyd returned to her undergraduate alma mater, Alabama State University (ASU) in January 2014 and for three years she served as the 14th and first female president of ASU. Highlights of her presidency included getting the university its very first engineering degree program with approval for a BS in biomedical engineering. Boyd and her team got the university removed from SACSCOC warning status from previous financial instability. The largest freshman class was documented during her tenure. Rev. Dr. Gwendolyn Boyd is a minister and an ordained itinerant elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She serves on the ministerial staff of Ebenezer AME Church in Fort Washington, Maryland. For her many and varied contributions to the community, Rev. Dr. Gwendolyn Boyd has received numerous honors, awards, citations, commendations and tributes. (Please refer to the bulletin for complete bio.)
