Celebrate Black History

Saturday, February 20
MLK & Black History Month Breakfast

St. John ‘A’ Baptist Church cordially invites the public to its Martin Luthur King, Jr. & Black History Month Breakfast. This event will take place at 8:30 a.m. at St. John ‘A’ Baptist Church, 20 Dalton Street in Asheville, NC. The guest speaker will be Rev. Charles Lee, pastor of the Liberty Baptist Church, Sylva, NC.

Saturday, February 20
Swannanoa Valley MLK Event

The 20th Annual Swannanoa Valley MLK, Jr. event will be held at
8:30 a.m. at Camp Dorthy Walls, 1292 North Fork Rd., Black Mountain,
NC. The event was rescheduled due to inclement weather. Tickets will be
available at the door. Patrons $30 (tax-deductible), regular adult
tickets are $10, children $5.

Sunday, February 21
Ethical Culture Observes Black History Month

“Angels & Visionaries – Asheville Women and Men of Color”
will be presented by Helen Moseley Edington at the meeting of the
Ethical Society of Asheville, 2:00-3:30 p.m. at the Botanical Gardens
Visitor Center, 151 W.T. Weaver Blvd. All are welcome! For more
information contact: [email protected], www.aeu.org, or (828) 687-7759.

Sunday, February 21
Black Awareness Service

The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance (IMA) will hold its
Black Awareness Worship Service beginning at 7 p.m. The guest Minister
will be Pastor Alphonso E. McGlen, formerly the pastor of St. James AME
Church, and presently the pastor of Bethel AME Church of Greensboro,
NC. The public is cordially invited to attend this event held
at Hopkins Chapel AME Zion Church, College Street (next to the Allen
Center),  Asheville, NC.