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.
Please join Pastor Laurie and the rest of the clergy group for a series of three presentations of the trip, and for panel discussions and worship to commemorate the convergence of Ramadan, Passover and Easter on three consecutive Sundays in March from 4:30-5:00 p.m.
March 19 at Westminster Presbyterian (12th & Marquette, Minneapolis): video premiere and panel discussion