BLACK HISTORY MONTH CLOSING SERVICE 2026

Commemorative Service for Roque Ferdinand

Join us as we bring Black History Month to a close through worship, remembrance, and celebration.

The service will include the dedication of a plaque commemorating Roque Ferdinand, one of the very few surviving eighteenth-century memorials to a Black man in a Sussex parish church.

Speakers

Professor Alan Lester
University of Sussex

Vitalis Ngwambi
Diocesan Racial Justice Co-ordinator

Alysia-Lara
Interim Deputy Director for Racial Justice
Church of England

Marie-Paul Duwai-Sowa
Poet & Artist

11.00, St Mary's Church, Slindon,

'Refreshments and food will be served after the service at St Mary's Church, Slindon, and before attendees travel to St Mary Magdalene Church, Madehurst.'

15.00 Dedication of the Roque Ferdinand Plaque

📍 St Mary Magdalene Church, Madehurst