It’s the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost and all are welcome. In some churches the Feast of Saint John Coltrane is observed today, July 17th. St. John's African Orthodox Church in San Francisco regards John Coltrane as its "patron saint." While this Day does not fall within the Episcopal Church Year calendar as a festival to be observed, the African Orthodox Church honors Saint John Coltrane. The African Orthodox Church owes its Episcopate and Apostolic Authority to the Syrian Church of Antioch where the disciples were first called Christians. St. Peter and St. Barnabas resided in Antioch  before setting out on their great missionary journeys, and St. Peter was the first Bishop there. Saint John’s music provided a form of ecstasy or catharsis transcending the limitations, dreariness, and desperation of ordinary existence. Also this week, on July 20th the Episcopal Church Year calendar sets this day apart to honor four women among them; Sojourner Truth known as "the Miriam of the Latter Exodus" and Harriet Ross Tubman known as "the Moses of her People."