I have a new book that I’d like to share with you today. I wrote America: Return To God because I believe it is needed for such a time as this. Please get the book at http://www.elijahlist.com/words/display_word.html?ID=17235
Also, I’m available for MLK Holiday spots from the road next week and from Atlanta studio Sunday night 1/15 after 7pm and on Monday 1/16 from 7am until 5pm.
Please book through Leslie Palma, media@priestsforlife.org or 347-286-7277.
Every year in January we take time to remember and celebrate the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This time has come to be known as MLK week. This year it takes place from January 10-16, 2017. I usually join my family at various events throughout the week.
State Rep. Alveda King, Daddy King, Dr. B. E. Mays, Speaker Tom Murphy, Mrs. Coretta King
Below are some events. More at The King Center.
1. Friday, January 13, 2017: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM – Coretta Scott King’s Memoir – My Life, My Live, My Legacy Reception, Intimate Conversation & Book Signing with Dr. Bernice A. King and Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds. I won’t be able to attend but my mother, Mrs. Naomi Williams King will be there.
2. Sunday, January 15, 2017: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM – Join me at this year’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Artistic Tribute 2017. A great time will be had by all. Register HERE. Only a few free reserved seats remain.
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3. Monday, January 16, 2017: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Join Rev. Frank Pavone and Evangelist Alveda King at MLK Annual Commemorative Service.
4. Monday, January 16, 2017: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM – I will participate in the Beloved Community Talk: Let’s Bridge The Racial Divide Across Urban Suburban and Rural America with Dr. Bernice King. Sen. Bernie Sanders, Gov. John Kasich and others in a candid conversation.
Following MLK Week I will be going to Washington, DC to attend some Inauguration events including the 2017 U.S. Presidential Inaugural: A Salute to African American Leaders: Celebrating the 58th Presidential Inauguration, Wed., January 18, 2017: 7:30 PM – 11:30 PM, The Good Sheppard, Good Samaritan Prayer Breakfast, Thur., January 19, 2017: 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM, and the 2017 U.S. Presidential Inaugural Gala, Thur., January 19, 2017.
January 22 is my birthday so I ask you to please pray for me as I prepare to go back to Washington on Friday, January 27 for the 23rd Annual National Memorial for the Pre-Born and their Mothers and Fathers, an ecumenical prayers service just prior to the March for Life. More information is available at www.NationalPrayerService.com.
I hope that some of you will be able to attend. If you don’t live in the area you can observe this week by joining us in prayer and spirit.