Book discussion hosted
by bridge Builders
Love is the Way – Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times
by Bishop Michael Curry
Monday, September 9, 2024
11:00 am / Celebration Center Rm C111
Walk the path of love with one of the warmest, most beloved spiritual leaders of our time, and learn how to put faith into action. As the descendant of slaves and the son of a civil rights activist, Bishop Michael Curry’s life illustrates massive changes in our times. Much of the world met Bishop Curry when he delivered his sermon on the redemptive power of love at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle. Here, he expands on his message of hope in an inspirational road map for living the way of love, illuminated with moving lessons from his own life. Through the prism of his faith, ancestry, and personal journey, Love Is the Way shows us how America came this far and, more important, how to go a whole lot further. Everyone is welcome for this timely conversation as we all “hold on to hope in troubling times.” No RSVP required.
Bridge Builders
The Bridge Builders’ purpose is to explore, better understand and help educate others on the issues of racism and inequality while ensuring that the goals and objectives related to racism and inequality are grounded in scripture and to help develop and promote systems for addressing and overcoming racism and inequality.
Each spring, the committee hosts a lecture series at the church for the entire community. The Dr. Rev. Julius Scott Lecture Series is named after one of its founding members, the late Dr. Julius S. Scott, Jr., a lifelong educator and civil rights advocate, and is one way the group offers community-wide seminars and conferences. Past guest speakers have been Ahmad Ward, Executive Director of the Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park, and Author, Educator and Activist, Dr. Millicent Brown.
Pastor Emeritus, Dr. Rev. Julius S. Scott Jr.
Dr. Rev. Julius Scott, Jr., served as Pastor Emeritus at St. Andrew By-The-Sea, helped form Bridge Builders, and was an active member. He and his wife, Ann, joined St. Andrew in 1994. In memory and honor of Dr. Scott the Bridge Builders named its annual lecture series the Dr. Rev. Julius S. Scott Lecture Series. The event brings in a high-profile speaker to present a program at the church, where the entire community is invited.
Dr. Scott had a long history of serving as an advocate for justice, civil rights, and education. He earned degrees in sociology and religion from Wiley College (with distinction), Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, and Brown University before earning a doctoral degree in Social Ethics at Boston University. His interest in non-violent peaceful protest led him to India to study the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, and after leaving the seminary, he served three years as a teacher and missionary in Hyderabad, India.
As a professor of sociology at Wiley College, Boston University, Atlanta University, and Spelman College, Dr. Scott lived his passion for education, bringing out the best in his students by demanding excellence. He interspersed his teaching duties with acting as Director of the Wesley Foundation at Texas Southern University, and chaplaincies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Brown University, where he honed an aptitude for institutional administration. After serving as a leader in a number of educational and social justice institutions in Atlanta, GA, including Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, he later moved to Augusta, GA, where he began his first term as president of Paine College (1975-1982). In August 1988, he returned to Paine College as its twelfth president, holding an unusual second term at the same institution until his retirement in 1994. He also served as Interim President at Albany State University (GA); Wiley College (TX); Philanders Smith University (AR); Savannah State University (GA); and the Medical College of Georgia (now Georgia Health Sciences University).
Dr. Scott served at the Greater Board of Higher Education (GBHEM) in the 1980s and played a critical role in expanding the agency’s international footprint, including the establishment of the Africa University. He wrote GBHEM’s first international strategy and worked with former GBHEM general secretary Rev. Dr. F. Thomas Trotter to lobby the 1984 General Conference for authorization to implement it. When authorization was granted, Scott led GBHEM’s new Global Higher Education Committee and began putting the strategy into action. He helped lay the foundation for what is now the International Association of Methodist Schools, Colleges and Universities (IAMSCU).
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.” — John 13:34
Stay tuned for upcoming meetings, events and programs. For more information about Bridge Builders, contact the church at standrewbythesea@gmail.com.
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