Renew, Build, Restore: Celebrating MLK’s life

Rev. Sloan Letman IV of the Congregational Church delivers the sermon at the 12th annual interfaith service honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King at the First Congregational Church in Great Barrington, Mass.

Terry Cowgill | The Berkshire Edge

Great Barrington — About 75 people filled the pews at the First Congregational Church on Monday afternoon to celebrate the life of America’s foremost civil rights leader.

This year the 21st annual interfaith service honoring the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, sponsored by Multicultural BRIDGE, featured the theme of “Renew, Rebuild and Restore.”

There were hymns, prayers and sermons. There was a briefing on an innovative BRIDGE summer program, the Happiness Toolbox.

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