Sunday night I drove over to Daytona Beach for a pilgrimage to celebrate Dr. Howard Thurman's birthday. Thurman, who was born in West Palm Beach in 1899, grew up in Daytona Beach at his grandmother's home. As a teenager, he moved to Jacksonville to attend one of only three high schools in the country for African Americans at the time. He would go on to be a pastor, professor, theologian, author, poet and prophet.
There is a group that is restoring his childhood home (New Birth Foundation) and together with two FLUMC conference groups (Shade and Fresh Water and our Anti-Racism Team) we celebrated on Monday with tours and then a worship service at Stuart Memorial UMC.
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