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Celebration of Martin Luther King Day held at Warwick’s Union AME Church

Question. What are you going to do this year to make a difference?

Warwick, N.Y. /
| 21 Jan 2020 | 04:19
    Sister Channabel Latham-Morris welcomed the congregation and asked them what they were going to do this year to make a difference. She suggested they pick up the phone and call someone to just hear how they are doing.
    Sister Channabel Latham-Morris welcomed the congregation and asked them what they were going to do this year to make a difference. She suggested they pick up the phone and call someone to just hear how they are doing. ( Photos by Roger Gavan)
    Early in the service members of the Union AME Young Adult Ministry read a series of statements about the Call for Justice.
    Early in the service members of the Union AME Young Adult Ministry read a series of statements about the Call for Justice.
    During the service the congregation was treated to several performances including a musical selection by the Monticello SDA Youth Choir.
    During the service the congregation was treated to several performances including a musical selection by the Monticello SDA Youth Choir.
    During the service the congregation was treated to several performances including a dance selection by Jessica Facenda of the Union AME Dance Ministry.
    During the service the congregation was treated to several performances including a dance selection by Jessica Facenda of the Union AME Dance Ministry.
    The Rev. Bryan K. Lyle, presiding pastor from the First Baptist Church of Monticello, led the congregation to the Call to Justice and Community followed by the opening hymn, “Lift every voice and sing,” by James Weldon Johnson.
    The Rev. Bryan K. Lyle, presiding pastor from the First Baptist Church of Monticello, led the congregation to the Call to Justice and Community followed by the opening hymn, “Lift every voice and sing,” by James Weldon Johnson.
    Rev. Bryan K. Lyle led the congregation in the opening hymn, “Lift every voice and sing,” by James Weldon Johnson.
    Rev. Bryan K. Lyle led the congregation in the opening hymn, “Lift every voice and sing,” by James Weldon Johnson.
    The preacher this year was Union AME Pastor Rev. Dr. Ann Marie Bentsi-Addison Posey who retold the New Testament story about Joseph fleeing with Mary and the Baby Jesus to Egypt to escape King Herod’s slaughter of all the male babies born in Bethlehem at that time. She then forwarded to the family’s eventual return to Israel and questioned how, being different, they would be treated here in the era before civil rights and even
    The preacher this year was Union AME Pastor Rev. Dr. Ann Marie Bentsi-Addison Posey who retold the New Testament story about Joseph fleeing with Mary and the Baby Jesus to Egypt to escape King Herod’s slaughter of all the male babies born in Bethlehem at that time. She then forwarded to the family’s eventual return to Israel and questioned how, being different, they would be treated here in the era before civil rights and even

On Monday, Jan. 20, members of the Warwick Union African Methodist Episcopal Church (UAME) and guests from throughout the Warwick community celebrated Martin Luther King Day.

Although it was cold that day, the sun was shining and the church was almost filled to capacity as people gathered to honor the memory of Dr. King, the civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize-winner who was assassinated in 1968.

Early in the service members of the Union AME Young Adult Ministry read a series of statements about the Call for Justice.

Then Rev. Bryan K. Lyle, presiding pastor from the First Baptist Church of Monticello, led the congregation to the Call to Justice and Community followed by the opening hymn, “Lift every voice and sing,” by James Weldon Johnson.

Soon afterward Sister Channabel Latham-Morris welcomed the congregation and asked them what they were going to do this year to make a difference.

She suggested they pick up the phone and call someone to just hear how they are doing.

Lyle introduced guest speakers including State Sen. Jen Metzger, Town of Warwick Supervisor Michael Sweeton, Mayor Michael Newhard, Justices Peter Barlett and Nancy De Angelo, Doug Stage and Jesse Wiser from the Bellvale Community.

During the service the congregation was treated to several performances including a dance selection by Jessica Facenda of the Union AME Dance Ministry and a musical selection by the Monticello SDA Youth Choir.

The preacher this year was Union AME Pastor Rev. Dr. Ann Marie Bentsi-Addison Posey, who retold the New Testament story about Joseph fleeing with Mary and the Baby Jesus to Egypt to escape King Herod’s slaughter of all the male babies born in Bethlehem at that time.

She then forwarded to the family’s eventual return to Israel and, if that was today, she questioned how, being different, they would be treated here in the era before civil rights and even now.

The service ended with everyone locking arms and singing, “We shall overcome.”