Reverend reynolds from baltimore, maryland. Let us bow our heads in humble adoration unto the landlord. Our lord of ancient past, shelters from our storms. We are grateful as we gather together here today under the sovereignty of your grace. Your masterful handiwork has caused us to witness your splendor and magnificent glory once again. We come before you to welcome you to this place, we give you the respect and knowledge you as our creator and provider it is you who are omnipresent everywhere oh, lord. It is you who are open flip tent or powerful oh, lord. You are all knowing lord. As we begin this luncheon, we ask that you would guide our thoughts and our actions so that we may have a successful meeting. Help us to accomplish our goals and aspirations today. While we display your character, because it is you who has made us and not we ourselves, we are the sheep of your pasture. Oh, landlord, we pray that you grant us your divine wisdom as we move forward in a steadfast hope with fa
Into your hands, father of mercys, we commend our brother mario. In the sure and certain hope that together with all who have died in christ he will rise with him on the last day. Merciful lord, turn toward us and listen to our prayers. Open the gates of paradise to your servant and help us who remain to comfort one another with assurances of faith until we all meet in christ and are with you and with our brother mario forever. We ask this through christ our lord. Amen. In peace let us take our brother to his place of rest. Thanks be to god. Our closing hymn is 611. Joyful, joyful, we adore thee hearts unfold like flowers before you opening up to the sun above melt the clouds of sun and sadness, drive the dark of doubt away giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day all your works with joy surround you earth and heaven reflect your rays stars and angles sing around you, center of unbroken praise field and forest dale and mountain flowering meadow, flashing sea chanting a
of the march on washington, we wanted some of those who have served above and beyond the call of duty for the last half century to assess where we are since the march where we need to be, where we have made progress and where we have gone backwards. so we have a special panel added this year that will put us in context and in focus. let me introduce the panel to my the panel. to my right, the reverend michael walron, the pastor of this church, first corinthian. he also chairs the ministers division of national action network. to his right, the honorable rosalind brock who cheers the board of the naacp. to her right, our friend and colleague, he s been to every measure the movement, the c.e.o. and president of national urban league, mark murial. to his right, the head of youth move, the youth department of national action network, which he runs out of our atlanta which she runs out of our atlanta office, mary pat hector. and to her right is the one and only president and c.e
commit to doing in the coming year so that we are held account to believe what we say. it is not enough to just convene, talk about things, show how smart we are, give our best sound bites, we must measure what we do, what we do not do, so that people will know that we are serious in our service to people. this year, we added, though, that with the 50th anniversary of the march on washington, we wanted some of those who have served above and beyond the call of duty for the last half century to assess where we are since the march where we need to be, where we have made progress and where we have gone backwards. so we have a special panel added this year that will put us in context and in focus. let me introduce the panel to my the panel. to my right, the reverend pastor of ron, the this church, first corinthian. he also chairs the ministers division of national action network. to his right, the honorable rosalind brock who cheers the board of the naacp. to her right, our fri