Portland Church Will Celebrate Life Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The people of Parkrose Community United Church of Christ will celebrate
the life and ministry of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Sunday,
January 20th during a 10 a.m. worship service.
The service will include readings from Scripture and several of Dr. King’s
sermons and speeches. Congregants will sing Amazing Grace, written by a
former slave trader, and We Shall Overcome, the anthem of the civil rights
movement.
“Rev. King’s ministry still inspires us today,” says The Rev. Chuck
Currie, who will preach at the service. “Rev. King was a revolutionary—
in the tradition of Jesus himself—who called the world to seek the
Kingdom of God. In a time of growing poverty, in a time of war, in a time
of continued racial injustice his voice continues to speak to us and if we
are to survive this age we ought to listen.”
Parkrose Community United Church of Christ was founded in 1913 and for
nearly one hundred years has been a cornerstone of the Mid-county community.
The church is located at Northeast 105th Avenue and Wygant Street in east Portland.
For more information call: the Rev. Chuck Currie at 971-322-7920
or visit www.parkroseucc.org
