{"id":1042,"date":"2006-01-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2006-01-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-01-10T05:00:00","slug":"emu-plans-king-week-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2006\/emu-plans-king-week-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU Plans &#8216;King Week&#8217; Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"photo right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/news\/images\/DerrickParson.jpg\" alt=\"Rev. Derrick Parson\" \/>Rev. Derrick Parson <\/div>\n<p> &quot;A Compassionate Faith: Courage to Move Forward&quot; is the theme for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/studentlife\/multicultural\/mlk\/\">Martin Luther King Jr. Week<\/a>&quot; observances at Eastern Mennonite University. <\/p>\n<p> Activities will open 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16 with a message and open discussion led by Rev. Derrick Parson, a campus minister in the United Methodist Church and Wesley Foundation at James Madison University. The forum will be held 10-11:30 a.m. in the Campus Center Greeting Hall. <\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"photo right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"197\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/news\/images\/sanders.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Cheryl Sanders\" \/>Dr. Cheryl Sanders <\/div>\n<p> Monday evening, the keynote speaker for the annual School for Leadership Training at Eastern Mennonite Seminary will bring a prophetic message on the continuing legacy of Dr. King. <\/p>\n<p> Dr. Cheryl Sanders, senior pastor of Third Street Church of God in Washington, D.C., and professor of Christian ethics at Howard University School of Divinity, will speak on the theme, &quot;Reconciliation and Repentance,&quot; based on II Cor. 5:17-21. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/news\/index.php\/1046\">Read more on Dr. Sanders&#8217; speech.<\/a>) <\/p>\n<p> Sons of the Day, an a cappella group of EMU alumni and current students, will provide special music. <\/p>\n<p> King Week observances continue with a &quot;Dialog on Race: Steps of Hope,&quot; 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, in the Northlawn Great Lounge. EMU faculty, staff and students will share steps that can be taken to increase understanding of others despite cultural and ideological differences. <\/p>\n<p> In university chapel 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, persons representing the diverse EMU community will reflect on values represented in Dr. King<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rev. Derrick Parson &quot;A Compassionate Faith: Courage to Move Forward&quot; is the theme for Martin Luther King Jr. Week&quot; observances at Eastern Mennonite University. 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