Leaders: The Right Reverend George E. Councell, Eleventh Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey, The Very Rev. Rene Rory John. Preacher: The Reverend Canon Petero A.N. Sabune,The Episcopal Church, Global Partnership Officer, Africa & The Middle East
Please join the people of the Diocese of New Jersey and the Sudan/Darfur Committee of our Diocese for an African Evensong featuring traditional African worship, music, dance, drums and other instruments, attire — and the fervent joy and praise of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The service will be followed by a reception featuring African dishes and a visual presentation on theological education in Africa. In addition to offering a powerful witness for the people of Sudan and Darfur in this continued time of crisis and war, we will be requesting a free will offering for the new Scholarship Fund of the Sudan/Darfur Committee, to provide theological education/seminary education for a leader for the Anglican Church of Sudan, and the power and presence of the Christian church in the work of justice, peace and reconciliation. Don't miss this remarkable and inspiring evening of worship, education and fellowship as we provide a powerful voice of advocacy for the people of Sudan and Darfur! Sponsored by the Sudan/Darfur Committee.
When: Sunday, October 30th at 3 pm. Reception follows.
Where Trinity Cathedral
801 West State Street
Trenton, New Jersey 08618
609 392-3805
Contact: The Reverend Dr. Hugh Brown, 609 921-2420 or at Rector@allsaint.org
Petero A. N. Sabune is the Global Partnership Officer for Africa and the Middle East for The Episcopal Church responsible for serving as a liaison between the church and its partners in Africa and the Middle East. Before joining the Episcopal Church Center, he was the pastor and protestant chaplain at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York. Born in Uganda and the son of a priest, he came to the United States through the American Field Service (AFS) exchange program in 1969. He returned to Uganda 1970 and, fleeing the ruthless dictator Idi Amin. He earned a BA from Vassar and graduated from Union Theological Seminary with an M.Div. Ordained in 1981, Sabune has served churches in the Dioceses of New York and Newark.
He has visited 28 African countries and 10 of the 
12 Anglican Provinces on the African continent. Internationally, he is a trustee of the Episcopal Seminary in Haiti, a founding board member of the Business and Technology Institute of Haiti, and was chair of the Forgiveness and Reconciliation Project. He has been a board member of Forward Movement Publications. Among his awards and honors, he received the Minorities in Criminal Justice Leadership Award, the NAACP Community Service Award, and the Caribbean American Families Incorporated Community Service Award.
George Edward Councell graduated from the University of California, Riverside and from the Episcopal Divinity School. For two years he served as Vicar of Grace, Colton and St. Luke’s, Fontana, California. In 1977, he became the first rector at St. George’s, Riverside, California.
In 1986 he was called to the Diocese of Western Massachusetts to serve as Canon to the Ordinary and then in 1995, to be the ninth Rector of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest, Illinois. In 2003, he was elected the Eleventh Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey. He is a trustee of the General Theological Seminary in New York and in 2010 was awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, from the seminary.
