The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Service will be held at 7 p.m. January 19 at Central United Methodist Church in downtown Staunton.
The annual community event for peace and justice features the Al Hamilton Community Mass Choir, the Greater Things Dance Ministry, and Mary Baldwin University’s Bella Voce Choir. Contributions are encouraged and will go toward the Bessie Weller Helping Hands Fund, which provides school supplies and meals for children.
The event is sponsored by the Staunton Chapter of the NAACP, Mary Baldwin’s Office of Inclusive Excellence, the Spencer Center for Civic and Global Engagement, and the Mary Baldwin Dept. of Philosophy and Religious Studies.
If there is inclement weather, the event will be rescheduled for January 26.