Thanks so much to our legislators and town leaders and leaders of faith communities, to Dottie Morris, Tara Bossard-Kruger and Amber Arnold , the choir of the community and Andy Davis, to MIriam Diallo, the soloist and to the organist, Bill Mc Kim, and OF COURSE to Lisa Bianconi and her beautiful children's choir from Kurn Hattin....and for the ongoing and never-ending work of the Root, Vt Partnership and NAACP. Long live Martin Luther King Jr-- in our hearts and minds that we may continue the march toward justice.
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A Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at the Centre Congregational Church, in Brattleboro, Vt., on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020.
On April 4, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr spoke at Riverside Cathedral, quoting concerned clergy and lay people, saying, “A time comes when silence is betrayal.”
Sunday January 19, at the 10am worship service at Guilford Community Church, UCC, Dr Cheri An Brodhurst will read an excerpt of this famous speech, along with the similar words from Isaiah 62: 1-6 including the initial: "For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent”. Rev. Lise Sparrow will invoke these words with the congregation to consider the need to speak up in current times, not only for racial justice but for environmental justice.
The choir will support the theme with new arrangement of “This Little Light of Mine” by Andy Davis and “MLK Song” by Matthew Ward & Alma Androzza, arr. Peter Amidon.
The children’s story will focus on the baptism of Jesus by John and the purpose we each have in God’s eyes.
Monday, January 20, the church will join with other faith communities and the general public at the interfaith service in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr to be held at the Centre Congregational Church on Main Street in Brattleboro.
