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Grace Cathedral Episcopal Church in San Francisco held their Beyonce Mass on Wednesday and about 900 people showed up.
A crowd of about 900 people from different backgrounds gathered at Grace Cathedral Wednesday night, to share in the service using the music and social philosophy of Queen Bey.
Produced by Grace Cathedral’s contemporary-culture-themed ministry called the Vine, founded by the Rev. Jude Harmon, the Mass is one of a three-part series at Grace called “Speaking Truth: The Power of Story in Community,” which aims to tell stories of those traditionally marginalized in Christianity, such as women and people of color.
The idea sprang from a class called “Beyoncé and the Hebrew Bible” led by the Rev. Yolanda Norton, a San Francisco Theological Seminary assistant professor whose specialty is the Old Testament.
For Norton, both the class and the Mass came from a desire to explore female-centric interpretations of the Bible — specifically how biblical texts reflect African American female identity. Her guest sermon Wednesday hit on her key themes.
