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The King Center will host the 2023 Martin Luther King, Jr. Beloved Community Commemorative Service tomorrow, Jan. 16, on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, at 10 a.m., at Ebenezer’s Horizon Sanctuary, 101 Auburn Ave., Atlanta. The service will broadcast live on FOX 5 Atlanta and livestream on Facebook, YouTube, fox4atlanta.com, and thekingcenter.org.

The 54^th Annual Commemorative Service is the hallmark of the King Holiday Observance.  The Rev. Natosha Reid Rice and Pastor Sam Collier will preside over the event. The King Center CEO, the Rev. Bernice A. King, will give the Call to Commemoration. This year’s keynote speaker is Bryan Stevenson, lawyer, social justice activist, law professor at New York University School of Law,  founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (which was made into a movie starring Michael B. Jordan) U.S. Senator and Senior Pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, the Rev. Raphael G. Warnock, and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, will give pastoral and city greetings, respectively. Several special guests will give tributes to Dr. King including:

• Leo Smith, CEO, Engaged Futures Group, LLC
• Rick West, founding director and director emeritus, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
• Renee Montgomery, co-owner and vice president of the Atlanta Dream
• Pastor Dennis Rouse, author and founding pastor of Victory Church
• Veronica Maldonado-Torres, president and CEO of the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Somalia Gilliard, a senior and Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy, will give a special tribute to Mrs. Coretta Scott King.

The commemorative service will feature performances by musical guests: Yolanda Adams, Kierra Sheard, Justin Schultz, Morton, Minister Angella Christie, Ashling Cole, Uzee Brown, and Bishop William Murphy. The Commemorative Service Choir will perform, accompanied by The Covington Regional Ballet. There will be an international musical performance by the Far East Broadcasting Company Korea Children’s Choir.

Additionally, President Biden delivered the Sunday sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual home of Dr. King,  TODAY! Read more about what he said HERE.

I’m forever grateful for the sacrifices of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his family. God has truly used them in a mighty way…

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Hello World,

The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped the King Center’s  week-long celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life and legacy although it has been modified. The culminating program for the celebration 2021 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Beloved Community Commemorative Service will be held on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday tomorrow per usual; however, the service will be online. Below is the lineup and how you can register to attend virtually.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Bishop TD Jakes, Bishop of The Potter’s House

REMARKS:

Kirk Franklin, Grammy Award-Winning Gospel Artist and Author

Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary General

DR. KING TRIBUTE:

Ndaba Mandela

Tamika Mallory

Yasmin Poole

Ashley Woods

PRESIDERS:

Reverend Natosha Reid Rice

Pastor Sam Collier

Dr. Bernice A. King, The King Center

PERFORMANCES:

Angella Christie, Gospel Saxophonist,

Tammy Taylor, Gospel Recording Artist

Jekalyn Carr, Grammy Nominated Gospel Artist, Actress and Author

Dr. Joyce Finch Johnson, Organist

Dr. Patrice Turner and the Commemorative Choir, Ebenezer Baptist Church

YOUTH PRESENTATION:

Dr. Connie F. Lindsey

CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS:

Moderator– Nona Jones, Head of Faith-Based Partnerships, Facebook

Pastor Jamal Bryant, Senior Pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church

Pastor Jentezen Franklin, Free Chapel

Rev. Natosha Reid Rice, All Saints’ Episcopal Church

Pastor Sam Collier, Lead Pastor, Hillsong Atlanta

SPECIAL CONCERT FEATURING :

Jekalyn Carr, Grammy Nominated Gospel Artist, Actress and Author

Introduced by Kirk Franklin, 16-Time Grammy Award Winner

(Immediately Following the Service)

In partnership with KidsRights

www.kidsrights.org

The event will be live streamed on multiple platforms, including Facebook, The King Center web page, and other sources, as well as televised locally on Fox 5 Atlanta. To register, click HERE.

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Hello World,

Congratulations to the Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock on his Senate win! Even if you don’t agree with his politics, the symbolism of the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., being elected as the first black U.S. Senator from Georgia is inescapable. And that’s all I have to say about that…

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