Red Bank Community Commemorative Celebration

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1 Quotes by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. Red Bank Community Commemorative Celebration Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love. A nation or civilization that continues to produce softminded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan. A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive. Monday, January 20, 2014 Sponsored By: The Community Collaborative Committee of Red Bank Host Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank Pastor Terrence K. Porter, Senior Minister

2 Our Speaker Rabbi Emerita Sally J. Priesand Images of the Civil Rights Movement

3 Images of the Civil Rights Movement ORDER OF CELEBRATION Musical Presentation The Westside Christian Academy Presentation of the American Flag & Pledge of Allegiance Celestial Lodge #36 PHA of Red Bank *Call to Worship Rev. Arnold Jeter Director of Christian Education We gather to worship God, Who creates us and loves us; Who gifts us with diversity and makes us for community; Who gives us His Holy Spirit to show us how to live; Who invites us to join the struggle for wholeness and wellbeing for all. We gather today to worship God. To God be all glory, honor, and praise! *Processional Hymn Lift Every Voice & Sing Lift every voice and sing, till earth and Heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of liberty; Let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won. (Musical Interlude - Processional of Clergy, Choir & Dignitaries) Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet, Come to the place for which our fathers signed We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered; Out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou Who hast brought us thus far on the way; Thou Who hast by Thy might, led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray. Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee. Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee. Shadowed beneath Thy hand, may we forever stand, True to our God, true to our native land *Prayer of Invocation : Rev. Frank Pino

4 Iglesia La Mano De Dios Reading of Scripture Old Testament: New Testament: Musical Selection: Amos 5:18-24 Harry Flaherty Fellowship of Christian Athletes Matthew 5: 1-12 Evangelist Sandra Davis President, N.A.A.C.P. Red Bank Regional High School Choir Mr. Kris Zook, Director *Litany of Commemoration: Rev. Alexander Brown Moderator, Seacoast Baptist Missionary Association LEADER: In every generation men and women are chosen to serve as God s agents in history. Such a servant was Martin Luther King, Jr., whose birth we now commemorate. We give thanks for the life of this twentieth century prophet of freedom. PEOPLE: They slew the dreamer, but they could not slay the dream. LEADER: Martin Luther King, Jr. envisioned the ultimate freedom: the freedom achieved in struggle; the freedom reached in brotherhood; the freedom fired by the dream of a man; the freedom free of hate; the freedom full of love. PEOPLE: Dr. King s dream is rooted in the American Dream. LEADER: He came into our lives when the yearning of people to be free had turned their attention to justice. For justice, and only justice, shall we follow, that we may live and inherit the land which the Lord our God gives us. He reminded us that the spirit of humankind soars from depths of despair with belief in the promise of our Creator. We know that God loves justice and that God will not forsake those who do justly. PEOPLE: And so Dr. King lifted us and led us on a journey for justice, proclaiming the words of the prophet Amos: Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream. It was a journey calling us to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and set free those who are oppressed. LEADER: The journey led to Montgomery, to affirm human dignity and courage; to Birmingham, to defeat the sickness of segregation in human life; to Selma, to ensure the equality of people in human affairs. PEOPLE: In the name of this journey toward freedom, the dream lives. Page Insert Community Leadership Award

5 Community Coat Drive (New/gently used coats can be dropped off at Pilgrim Baptist Church, Beginning Tues Jan 21 - Tues Jan 28) Red Bank Regional High School Sunday Showcase Tim Mcloone & The Shirleys with special appearance by Ben E. King February 23, 3pm Call x227 Men s Community Breakfast (Pilgrim Baptist Church, Saturday, March 15, 8am) Community Sunrise Service (Pilgrim Baptist Church, Sunday, April 20, 6am) Healthy Kids Day" (The Community YMCA, April 26) For additional youth & family programs visit: Community Unity Festival & Bike Blessing Celebration (Pilgrim Baptist Church, Saturday, May 17) N.A.A.C.P. Monthly Meetings (3rd Thursday of each month - Calvary Baptist Church, 7pm) LEADER: And even when death was confronted, as the journey reached Memphis, he could say in final triumph, that in life he had found something worth dying for, something worth life itself the Promised Land, a land of freedom with justice. PEOPLE: In the name of the Promised Land, the dream lives. LEADER: So we are thankful that God s spirit anointed a man who preached hope to the poor, who rejected segregation and embraced liberation, who prophesied the greatness of his people in struggle for the deliverance of all people. PEOPLE: We praise You, Lord God, for sending us a man of peace who resisted tyranny, a man of nonviolence who fought for liberty, a man of God who worked for the people. ALL: In the name of Martin Luther King, Jr., let us live the dream. Amen. Official Words of Greeting Honorable Pasquale Menna Mayor, Borough of Red Bank Freeholder Director Lillian G. Burry County of Monmouth Wayne Boatwright Vice President, Meridian Health Systems Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Leadership Award: Councilman Michael DuPont ~ Dorothea Bon Jovi ~ JBJ Soul Kitchen, Red Bank *Offertory Prayer ~ Offertory Period ~ Proceeds to Benefit: Lunch Break & The NAACP (make checks payable to: Pilgrim Baptist Church) Clergy VIDEO PRESENTATION Introduction of the Speaker : Meredith Pennotti Principal, Red Bank Charter School Presentation : Arts-for-the-Heart Dance Academy (Red Bank) Crystal Stevens Monsanto, Director

6 Musical Selection(s): Red Bank Regional High School Choir Commemorative Message Rabbi Emerita Sally J. Priesand Monmouth Reform Temple of Tinton Falls Presentation: Team The Young Men s Dance Calvary Baptist Church, Red Bank *Anthem of the Movement WE SHALL OVERCOME We Shall overcome, We Shall Over-Come, We Shall Over-Come Some Day, Oh, Deep In My Heart, I Do Believe, We Shall Over-Come Some Day. The Lord WilI See Us Through, The Lord Will See Us Through, The Lord Will See Us Through Some Day; Oh, Deep In My Heart, I Do Believe, The Lord Will See Us Through Some Day. *Benediction : Black And White Together, Black And White Together Black And White Together Today; Oh, Deep In My Heart, I Do Believe, Black And White Together Today. *The Congregation Standing. **Refreshments, Displays & Exhibits on the lower level. Fellowship Hall following the Celebration Clergy Commemorative Celebration Committee Pastor Terrence Porter (Committee Chair), Pilgrim Baptist Church Rhonda Anderson, C.E.O., The Community YMCA Edith Roach-Battle, Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Alexander Brown, Pastor, Saint Paul s Baptist Church Billy Brown, Pilgrim Baptist Church Dale Daniels, Center for Holocaust, Human Rights and Genocide Education Evangelist Sandra Davis, President, NAACP Councilman Michael DuPont, Borough of Red Bank Gwen Love, Executive Director, Lunch Break Lori Lustica, Pilgrim Baptist Church Bernadette Marshall, Pilgrim Baptist Church Birgit Mondesir, Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Frank Pino, Pastor, Iglesia La Mano De Dios Church Dr. Jim Stefankiewiz, Superintendent, Red Bank Regional High School ~ Special thanks to our Community Collaborative Partners & Participants Borough of Red Bank ~ Calvary Baptist Church ~ Center for Holocaust, Human Rights and Genocide Education ~ Fellowship of Christian Athletes ~ Iglesia La Mano De Dios ~ Lunch Break ~ Meridian Health System ~ Pilgrim Baptist Church ~ Red Bank Chapter of the N.A.A.C.P. ~ Red Bank Regional H.S. District ~ The Community YMCA ~ Westside Christian Academy ~ Celestial Lodge #36 PHA ~ Arts-4-the-Hearts Dance Academy ~ JBJ Soul Kitchen of Red Bank ~ Red Bank Affordable Housing Corp. ~ Author, Ollie M. Davis ~ Gucci, Hot, Crupi & Stanziola Law Firm ~ Central Jersey Blood Center ~ New Brunswick Theological Seminary ~ Dorothy James Hats ~ Monmouth Center Fair Housing. Upcoming Community Activities