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Culture Day and Black History 2009
By Ruth Oni
On Sunday February 22, we recognized Black History and celebrated the many diverse cultures represented in our church. As a tradition during the month of February (Black History Month), Sunday morning’s worship service began with all standing to sing “The Negro National Anthem."
A cultural-dish potluck followed the morning service with a live “talk show” hosted by Brother Lucky Adike dispelling cultural and ethnic myths. This year’s program theme was “Knowledge is Power”.
The program opened with African praise choruses led by Sister Udeme Etim and Negro Spirituals led by Sister Rose Coleman. An orchestra selection was followed by a prayer of dedication which was given in three languages: English and both a Ghanaian and a Nigerian dialect were represented. In acknowledgement of our first African American President, Sister Linda McElveen hosted a brief Jeopardy trivia game entitled “Recognition of Our 44th President, Barack Obama” and the participation was strong and lively! The next part of the program focused on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, with a summary given by Ruth Oni.
We then had presentations by three students who have attended HBCU’s and they had the opportunity to share their schools background and their personal academic experiences. Brother Ifiok Ekanem (Class of 2007, Information Technology Science) represented Bowie State University; Howard University was represented by Brother Bode Ekundayo a current Pharmaceutical Science student and Morgan State University was represented by Sister Monique McElveen, student of Media Communications. Sister Monique also provided a pictorial slideshow of the campuses and some historical shots. She also surprised us by including a download from Howard University School of Business’ Associate Professor of Information Systems and Decision Sciences and our own well-loved Assistant Pastor, Brother Ayo Mobolurin. Final comments and a closing prayer were given by Pastor Josephine McElveen.
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