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THE 2013 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
33RD ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING TRIANGLE INTERFAITH PRAYER BREAKFAST
Monday, January 21, 2013, 7:00 AM
SHERATON IMPERIAL HOTEL, RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK
RALEIGH, NC
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Intro
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PRESIDING OFFICER
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The Reverend Dr. Dumas A. Harshaw, Jr. Pastor
First Baptist Church, Raleigh, North Carolina
Chairman, North Carolina Martin Luther King Commission
CONFIRMED
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PROCEDURAL BLESSINGS
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The Reverend Hope Morgan Ward, Resident Bishop
United Methodist Church Conference of N.C.
Garner, North Carolina
CONFIRMED
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PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE LIFT EVRY VOICE & SING
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All Please Stand
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WELCOME
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Mr. Marty Clayton, Director
Corporate & Community Relations
Progress Energy Corporation
Raleigh, North Carolina
CONFIRMED
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MUSICAL SOLO TO DR. KING
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The Reverend G.L. Edmond, Pastor
Saint Paul AME Church
Raleigh, North Carolina
CONFIRMED
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GREETINGS
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The Honorable Vivian A. Jones, Mayor
Town Of Wake Forest, North Carolina
CONFIRMED
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GREETINGS
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The Honorable William V. Bell, Mayor
City Of Durham, North Carolina
CONFIRMED
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GREETINGS
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The Honorable Nancy McFarlane, Mayor
City Of Raleigh, North Carolina
CONFIRMED
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A GOOD DAY ON MANY LEVELS
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Mrs. Debra Tyler-Horton
Associate State Director for Multicultural Outreach
AARP North Carolina
CONFIRMED
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EXPANSION OF MLK MEMORIAL GARDENS
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Mr. Dennis E. Pitts, President
McNeely Architectural Associates
Raleigh, North Carolina
CONFIRMED
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HAPPY TRAILS BRUCE
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Mr. James F. Goodmon, President
Capitol Bradcasting Company & WRAL-TV
Raleigh, North Carolina
CONFIRMED
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RETIREMENT FAREWELL TO MY BELOVED COMMUNITY
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Mr. Bruce E. Lightner, Founder & Chairman
Raleigh Martin Luther King Celebration Committee
Raleigh, North Carolina
CONFIRMED
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~ ~TV BREAK IN POINT ~ ~
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THIS DAY & WHY WE ARE PROUD TO BE A PART
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Mr. Gerald Owens, Anchor
WRAL-TV News
Raleigh, North Carolina
CONFIRMED
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THE YOUTH SHALL RISE
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Mr. Oshe Pittman, Senior
James Kenan High School
Warsaw, North Carolina
CONFIRMED
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PRAYER FOR WORLD PEACE
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Rabbi Lucy Dinner
Remple Beth Or Synagogue
Raleigh, North Carolina
CONFIRMED
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PRAYER FOR EQUALITY & RECONCILIATION
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The Reverend Nancy Huslage, President
Triangle Interfaith Alliance
Durham, North Carolina
CONFIRMED
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PRAYER FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE
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The Revernd Dr. Peter Morris, Executive Director
Urban Ministries
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
CONFIRMED
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INTRODUCTION OF THE GOVERNOR
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Mr. Orage Quarles III, President & Publisher
News & Observer Publishing Company
Raleigh, North Carolina
CONFIRMED
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A FEW WORDS FROM OUR NEW GOVERNOR
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The Honorable Patrick L. McCrory, Governor
State Of North Carolina
CONFIRMED
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MUSICAL SELECTION
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The Incomparable Wray Sisters
Gethsemane Seventh Day Adventist Church
Raleigh, North Carolina
CONFIRMED
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INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER
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Mr. Lawrence E. Wray
Former Assistant City Manager, City Of Raleigh
Chairman, Raleigh Business & Technology Center
CONFIRMED
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SPECIAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS
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The Reverend Dr. Ronald Smith, President
Southern Union Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church
Decatur, Georgia
CONFIRMED
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BENEDICTION & LAST WORD
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Dr. Jerry Head, Jr., Chairman
Durham Martin Luther King Steering Committee
White Rock Baptist Church
Durham, North Carolina
CONFIRMED
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THE PARTNERSHIP GROWS
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This breakfast is free and open to the public. Our sincere gratitude to Capitol Broadcasting Company for twenty-six years of continuous sponsorship of the Triangle Martin Luther King Interfaith Prayer Breakfast.
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Biographical Sketch For
The Reverend Dr. Ronald C. Smith, M.Div., D. Min, Psy PhD
Dr. Smith, a native of Brooklyn, New York, is a product of Christian education. He is the son of Christian parents, and his father was in the Seventh-day Adventist gospel ministry.
Dr. Smith is a graduate of Oakwood University, formerly Oakwood College, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology and Biblical Languages. He received his Master of Divinity degree from Andrews University Theological Seminary in 1982. Dr. Smith earned two doctoral degrees.
In 1985, the Colgate Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, New York, conferred the Doctor of Ministry degree upon him. In 1995, he graduated with a Ph.D. in Psychology from the Fuller Graduate School of Psychology in Pasadena, California.
Dr. Smith has served in the Seventh-day Adventist gospel ministry for 33 years, including work in the Northeastern and Southern California conferences.
Among the various pastoral assignments he executed, he served as Senior Pastor of the Berean Church in Los Angeles, California, and the Ephesus Church in Harlem, New York. Dr. Smith is a registered clinical psychologist and a marital and family therapist.
He served for eight years at the post of Vice President of the Review and Herald Publishing Association and Editor-in-Chief of Message magazine, the oldest Black missionary Christian lifestyle periodical in North America.
On September 18, 2011 Dr. Smith was elected President of the Southern Union Conference which covers the areas of North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky. He has been married to Yolanda for 33 years. They have two children, Dawn and Ron II, who are graduates of Oakwood University.
Ron II is a pastor in the Southeastern Conference and is completing his M.Div. degree at Andrews University.
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