Sad news of the death of Madge Saunders

I am sure that Janet will want to add to this but I thought that I should already post this news she shared by email earlier today.

Dear Friends
I am writing to let you know that I have today received word from the United Church of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands that the Revd Madge Saunders died in her sleep last night. She was 96 years old having celebrated her birthday last week.
So why have I written to tell you this? Because I ask you to remember her.
She trained at St Colm's Edinburgh - that's the Scottish connection
She served at St James Sheffield from 1965-1975 - that's the Yorkshire connection - please may she be remembered at Synod on Saturday 7th March.
She was the only black woman to be ordained deaconness in the Presbyterian Church of England, and the first woman to be ordained to ministry of word and sacarment in the UCJCI - she was a Daughter of Dissent, a fantastic inspiration to three generations - that's the multicultural church connection.
But she was so much more than these few facts.
I met her in Kingston in 2002.
Please remember her and the current work of the UCJCI.
Much love
Janet

I should of course have checked, Janet has written about Madge here:

You may also be interested in the Women's history month that the National Council of Churches in the USA is organising. More on that here.