Story and photos by Stephen Zenner
TOLEDO – Five churches gathered at Glenwood Lutheran Church on Sunday to participate in a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr., a reflection on the legacy the civil rights leader left after his assassination on April 4, 1968.
A litany of selected music, poems and spiritual songs was combined with a general call to action from keynote speaker Alicia Smith, executive director of the Junction Coalition, who – while not a pastor – roused the spirit of the congregation.
Quoting Philippians 4:6-7 from the pulpit, Smith preached an atmospheric change for the people…