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Interfaith Service Honoring Dr. King’s Commitment to Worker Justice
Monday, January 16, 2012 – 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: Shiloh Baptist Church, 1500 Ninth Street, NW
Faith Advocates for Jobs will sponsor a national interfaith service to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and to rededicate ourselves to the struggle for worker justice, which he championed up to his death.
At the service we are focusing on Dr. King’s commitment on behalf of working people and the need for those of us who follow to continue and build on that commitment. The celebrated 100 person choir of Shiloh Baptist will sing.
Rev. Dr. James Forbes, senior pastor emeritus of Riverside Church in New York City, will deliver the sermon. He will be joined on the pulpit by unemployed workers, Rev. Paul Sherry, former president of the United Church of Christ and national coordinator of Faith Advocates for Jobs, Michael Livingston of the National Council of Churches and Dr. Wallace Smith, pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church.
At the service we are focusing on Dr. King’s commitment on behalf of working people and the need for those of us who follow to continue and build on that commitment. The celebrated 100 person choir of Shiloh Baptist will sing.
Rev. Dr. James Forbes, senior pastor emeritus of Riverside Church in New York City, will deliver the sermon. He will be joined on the pulpit by unemployed workers, Rev. Paul Sherry, former president of the United Church of Christ and national coordinator of Faith Advocates for Jobs, Michael Livingston of the National Council of Churches and Dr. Wallace Smith, pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church.
Closest Metro stop: Shaw on the Green & Yellow Lines
Contact: Rev. Paul Sherry, (202) 525-3055, psherry@iwj.org
Contact: Rev. Paul Sherry, (202) 525-3055, psherry@iwj.org
Keep the Dream Alive: Mass in Honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Monday, January 16, 2012 – 10:00am Mass
Location: St. Aloysius Church, 900 North Capitol Street NW
Catholic Charities USA and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington invite you to join us as we honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and the contemporary heroes that keep his dream alive through their work to reduce poverty in America. Go to www.stalschurchdc.org for more details.
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