The Wake Forest community will again celebrate the life and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Thursday, Jan. 19, with a light fellowship supper at 6 p.m. and a program beginning at 7 p.m. in Friendship Chapel Baptist Church on Friendship Chapel Road.
Wake Forest High School football coach Reggie Lucas and the members of the team who recently won the 4AA championship have been invited to the fellowship supper and the program, and they will be recognized.
One feature of the evening will be the monetary awards to area students who won the contests for creative writing, performance and art to illustrate one of King’s messages: “The time is always right to do what is right.”
This year the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration committee will award two $500 scholarships to local high school seniors.
Mayor Vivian Jones will bring a welcome, and Dr. Earl C. Johnson of Raleigh, founder of The Success Dream Center LLC, will be the featured speaker.
Local groups contributing to the celebration include the Wake Forest Human Relations Council, Friendship Chapel Baptist Church, Heritage Baptist Church, Wake Forest Baptist Church and Wakefield Family Church. Other supporters include Faith Tabernacle United Holy Church, Corinth United Church of Christ, New Bethel Baptist Church in Rolesville, Olive Branch Baptist Church, Wake Forest Methodist Church and the Kiwanis Club of Wake Forest.
The event is free and open to all. For more information, call Margo Grant at 908-672-8115.
