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The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song -Part 1TV Schedule for New Hampshire s only statewide locally owned and operated television network, engages minds, connects communities, and celebrates New Hampshire with programs that entertain, educate and enrich.
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Church of the Brethren Newsline
February 13, 2021
“On Valentine’s Day, share hearts and flowers–and do your part to prevent abuse.”
That’s the message from the World Council of Churches (WCC) for Valentine’s Day 2021, encouraging people to share new images and messages created for a special social media campaign called “Celebrate love, prevent abuse.” Other messages include “Love is kind” and “Each day, affirm respect, devotion, and love.” The messages are intended to invite reflection during a time in which “a shadow pandemic of domestic abuse and violence has risen alarmingly in conjunction with COVID-19-related lockdowns,” said a WCC release. “In response, the Thursdays in Black campaign has grown, with increasing numbers of global ambassadors speaking out, in many regions and languages, in support of a world free from rape and gender-based violence.” Campaigners are urging attention to gender-based violence and awareness of its root causes. “
THE BLACK CHURCH: THIS IS OUR STORY, THIS IS OUR SONG
KIXE PBS February 16 and 17 at 9:00PM Streaming on PBS.org
Two-part series
and explores African American faith communities
on the frontlines of hope and change
Featuring interviews with Oprah Winfrey, John Legend, Jennifer Hudson, Bishop Michael Curry, Cornel West, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Rev. Al Sharpton,
Yolanda Adams, Rev. William Barber II, BeBe Winans,
Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie and more
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song premieres this Tuesday at 9 PM. This moving four-hour, two-part series from executive producer, host and writer
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University and director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, traces the 400-year-old story of the Black church in America, all the way down to its bedrock role as the site of African American survival and grace, organizing and resilience, thriving and test