Category: Music - Holy Cross Episcopal Church - Yonkers, NY

St. Thomas Gospel Choir, Philadelphia, ‘the best’

10/8/2013

[African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas press release] The St. Thomas Gospel Choir (STGC) of the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas (AECST) in Philadelphia, the first Black Episcopal Church in the United States, was selected as ‘the best church gospel choir” during the New York Regional Finals in the Verizon Wireless “How Sweet the Sound” (HSTS) competition.

The Episcopal Cathedral in New York is The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Manhattan.

Holy Cross Church is a parish church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York,
one of 110 dioceses of the international Episcopal Church, which is part of
the 70 million member worldwide Anglican Communion of Churches.

The Right Reverend Andrew Dietsche is the Diocesan Bishop of New York.
The Rev. Matthew Foster Heyd Is Bishop Coadjutor-Elect of the Diocese of New York.
The consecration of the Bishop Coadjutor is Saturday, May 20 at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine.
The Right Reverend Alan Shin is Suffragan Bishop of New York.
The Right Reverend Mary Glasspool is Assistant Bishop of New York.
The Most Reverend Michael Bruce Curry is the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church.