Come listen to us chat with The Rev. Randy Kyle Callender from St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Annapolis about Judas. Who was he, what do we know about him and what can we learn from him? The Rev. Randy Kyle Callender was born in the City of Philadelphia to a tight-knitfamily from the Island of Barbados. As a child, he would often call himself a “church nerd,” because heloved everything about the Episcopal Church. He experienced the wider church beyond his parish, byparticipating in Diocesan events and was influenced by many organizations, especially the Union of BlackEpiscopalians (UBE). He served on multiple Youth & Young Adults leadership opportunities within theUBE organization. Fr. Callender attended Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina and latertransferred to Cheyney University, where he received a Bachelors degree in Communications in 2007. Hethen attended The Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) in Cambridge, MA, where he received his Masters ofDivinity in 2010. On June 5, 2010, He was ordained as a transitional deacon and then on January 22,2011, he was the first African American male priest to be ordained in the Diocese of Pennsylvania intwenty-five years. He was called to be the Rector at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Annapolis, MD onJuly 1, 2012. In the Diocese of Maryland, he served on multiple committees for youth and racialreconciliation as well as a former member of the Commission on Ministry and Deputy for 2021 GeneralConvention. In the greater church he served on the Design Team for the 2014 & 2017 Episcopal YouthEvent (EYE), one of the Adult Leaders for the 2012, 2015 & 2018 General Convention Official YouthPresence (GCOYP) & The National Church Youth Liaison Committee. Rev. Callender has stated that hisministry, through teaching and preaching, is to build relationships and to create a space where all feelwelcomed in God’s Beloved Community.