When one grows up a block from the church and then is offered employment by the church, even with changing locations and changing responsibilities, how does one say no??? From a teenager working for the neighborhood pastor, or a staff person, working at 2900 Queen Lane, to working and going to seminary, to encouraging her deceased partner in life and ministry to attend Mission developer’s school, Bishop Patricia Davenport’s life has revolved around family and the church. Bishop Davenport served in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Church in America and was the first Black woman elected bishop in the ELCA. She retired after serving one term.