Over Martin Luther King (MLK) week, Pastor Laurie, as part of the Downtown Interfaith Senior Clergy, traveled to Atlanta, Birmingham, Selma, and Montgomery for an interfaith civil rights journey. Highlights of the trip included:
- Attending the National Beloved Community MLK Remembrance Service at Ebenzer Baptist Church in Atlanta where Bryan Stephenson, author of “Just Mercy” presented the keynote address
- Walked the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma
- Memorialized the innocent children killed at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham
- Visited the new Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery
- Bore witness at the myriad of powerful museums and monuments paying homage to the leaders and foot soldiers of the Civil Rights Movement
The Senior Clergy group is bringing their pilgrimage back to Minneapolis to share the lessons and insights gleaned on this remarkable multi-faith journey.
The final presentation and interfaith worship service will be March 26 at Fellowship Ministry Baptist Church (3355 North 4th St, Minneapolis): an interfaith service of song and reflections, Imam Makram Nu’man El-Amin preaching
