The Rev. Shawn Wallace, associate pastor at African Methodist Episcopal Charles Street Church in Roxbury, will speak at Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs on Sunday, July 20. The service begins at 10 a.m. All are welcome.

Reverend Wallace grew up in Tulsa, Okla., as the grandson of two Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) ministers. He entered the ministry and began serving his first church in 1999, while he was in college. In 2001, he graduated from Texas Christian University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He received his master’s degree in divinity from Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Tex., in 2005. That same year he was ordained as a minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ.)

Reverend Shawn has served as a youth minister, a young adult minister, and an associate pastor. He seeks to meld races and cultures through his ministry.

More information is available by calling 508-693-5383.