Remembering the Visionary: Baylor Hosts Community Celebration and Chapel Service Jan. 20 Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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WACO, Texas (Jan. 16, 2013) -- The Waco, Central Texas and Baylor communities are invited to gather for a time of worship and reflection honoring the life and vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, on the Baylor University campus.
The theme for this year's event is "Remembering the Visionary: 'We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe...bends towards justice.'"
The celebration will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a brief rally on Speight Plaza (located between the Hankamer School of Business and Speight Avenue Parking Garage at the intersection of Fourth Street and Speight Avenue), followed by a candlelight march to Miller Chapel for a worship service at 6 p.m.
The service will feature music by local church and community choirs, an oratorical performance on the life of Dr. King and a message by Dr. Kerry Burkley, pastor of the Greater Ebenezer Baptist Church of Waco. A reception will follow at the Bobo Spiritual Life Center.
The events are a collaboration of the Baylor School of Social Work, George W. Truett Theological Seminary and the Baylor Religion Department, with support from the Campus Diversity Committee.
For more information, contact Erma Ballenger, Ph.D., School of Social Work director of field education-advanced practice and faculty adviser to the MLK Student Planning Committee, at 254-710-6233 or at Erma_Ballenger@baylor.edu.
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ABOUT THE BAYLOR SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
The Baylor University School of Social Work is home to one of the leading graduate social work programs in the nation with a research agenda focused on the integration of faith and practice. Upholding its mission of preparing social workers in a Christian context for worldwide service and leadership, the School offers a baccalaureate degree (BSW), a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree and three joint-degree options (MSW/Master of Business Administration, MSW/Master of Divinity and MSW/Master of Theological Studies) through a partnership with Baylor's Hankamer School of Business and George W. Truett Theological Seminary. Visit www.baylor.edu/social_work to learn more.