The 35th Annual Martin Luther King Noon Ecumenical Observance
Monday, January 19, 2015, 12:00 PM
Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts
Raleigh, North Carolina
Program
PRESIDING OFFICER’S OPENING REMARKS & CALL TO ORDER
The Reverend Dr. Joe Stevenson, Pastor Macedonia Church
Director of Continuing Education
Asst. Professor at Shaw University
Divinity School
Raleigh, North Carolina
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
The Reverend Dr. James Ashmore
Asst. Dean Shaw University Divinity School
Raleigh, North Carolina
ANTHEM (All Stand Please)
The Nationally Acclaimed
Martin Luther King, Jr. All Children’s Choir
Director: Randy Shepard
THE WELCOME
Mark T. Gibson
Dean of Student Development, Wake Technical Community College
Senior Pastor, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Providence North Carolina
THE LITANY
The Reverend Dr. Joe Stevenson, Pastor Macedonia Church
Director of Continuing Education
Asst. Professor at Shaw University
Divinity School
Raleigh, North Carolina
INTRODUCTION OF NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED MLK ALL-CHILDREN’S CHOIR
The Reverend Dr. William A. Thurston, President
Enchanting Your Life Advancing Partners
Raleigh, North Carolina
MUSICAL SELECTIONS
The Nationally Acclaimed
Martin Luther King, Jr. All-Children’s Choir
Directed By: Randy Shepard
INTRODUCTION OF OUR GUEST KEYNOTE SPEAKER
The Reverend Dr. Dumas A. Harshaw, Jr., Pastor
First Baptist Church, Raleigh, North Carolina
Chairman, The Triangle Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee
Former Chairman, North Carolina Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission
MUSICAL SELECTION
National Recording Artist
Shawn CoCo McMillan
SPECIAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Reverend Dr. Cathy S. Gillard, Pastor
Park Avenue United Methodist Church
Lexington, New York
GO FORTH & THE BENEDICTION
Father Jemonde Taylor
Saint Ambrose Episcopal Church
Raleigh, North Carolina
