2012, Connecting With Jesus

Through

Computer Lab Hours

Tuesday:  1:15 - 2:30pm     Instructor - Marie Cox

Saturday:  12:30 - 2:00pm     Instructor - Christine Jackson

Celebrating Black History Month

Black Heritage Month - Gospel Fridays

Feb. 10, 2012, Lunch Time

At the City hall

A Gospel Concert Featuring the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Choir

Black Heritage Month - Gospel Concert

Featuring  AKOMA and The Voices of Thunder

Pastor Harvey is Senior Pastor of the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church.  He grew up in Memphis, Tn. less than one mile from the Lorrain Motel where Dr. King was assassinated in 1968. 

He accepted his call to ministry at the age of 22.  He has experienced a celebrated ministerial career which has spanned more than a quarter of a century and has preached to 3  - 30,000 people.  As a gifted singer, he led two of Memphis' top gospel quartet groups, the Stars of Nightingales and the Dixie Wonders.

Black History Sunday

Speaker, Dr. M. Christopher Brown II

Sun, Feb 12th, 10:45am

Join Us - All are Welcome

Dr. Brown is President of Alcorn State University which was founded in 1871. 

Alcorn was the nation's First State-Supported Institution for the higher education of African Americans.  For more than 138 years, Alcorn State has educated leaders in the full range of professions.   An important reason for its graduates' success is that students form close, collaborative relationships with Faculty Mentors.  Alcorn is cultivating Scholars and Leaders, One by One.

AJQ Plus 1 is a distinctive group of talented men with strong personal relationships organized in 1996.  

The uniqueness of AJQ Plus 1 is that each member conveys a level of maturity and musical artistry that contributes strength to the group.   Early in its history, members of AJQ Plus 1 have performed and/or shared the stage with nationally acclaimed and dynamic artists such as the legendary Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Clark Terry, Richard Elliot, the Marcus Johnson Project, Brian Culbertson, Spyro Gyro, Lady Byron and many others.  Jazz is America's only original Art Form.

AJQ Plus 1 will share their interpretations of standard tunes by Jazz Legends.  The members of the group are:

Lawrence E. Dean, Drums - Lawrence K. Blake, Percussion - William Branch, Bass - Dr. Melvin Miles, Sr., Piano/Keyboards

Rev. Dr. Lawson is an Iconic Civil Rights Leader and was a Mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  As a Mentor to Dr. King, Rev. Dr. Lawson was dubbed 'the Leading Theorist and Strategist of Nonviolence in the World" by Dr. King himself. 

Thrown behind bars for refusing to report for the Korean War draft and for being a protester in the American Civil Rights movement, Rev. Dr. James Lawson's reputation is nothing to be modest about.

Rev. Dr. Samuel Billy Kyles is a long time leader in the Civil Rights Movement.  In 1968, he was the Minister of the Monumental Baptist Church in Memphis.

He is one of two surviving eyewitness to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968.  Dr. King was preparing to go to Dr. Kyles' home for a home cook meal when he was shot.  Dr. King's final hour was spend with Dr. Kyle and Rev. Albernathy at the Lorraine Motel.

A Raisin in the Sun

Just Us Retirees Group

Cost:  $25.00.

Money Due:  Mon., Feb 13th

Collecting Money:  Irene Ingram or Diane Mathias

Geva Theatre

75 Woodbury Blvd.

Rochester, NY 14607

585.232-4382