Martin Luther King, Jr Community Breakfast

34th Annual MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COMMUNITY BREAKFAST

January 20, 2020

7:30am – 9:00am

Spectrum Generations Muskie Community Center, 38 Gold Street, Waterville

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Master of Ceremonies: Peter Garrett, President Waterville Rotary Club

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Invocation: Father James Doran, Saint Joseph Antiochene Syriac Maronite Catholic Church

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Buffet (MLK, Jr. photo slide show played during breakfast)

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Guest Speaker: David Deas

“Martin Luther King and ME”

Mr. Deas served as Assistant Registrar at the University of Southern Maine where he earned a BA and an MS Ed in Psychology. While employed by S.D. Warren, a Division of Scott Paper (now S.A.P.P.I.), Mr. Deas worked in Sales, Training, and Human Resources in Scotch Plains, New Jersey; Westbrook, Maine; Allen Town, Pennsylvania; and Winslow, Maine.  Mr. Deas is retired and currently resides in Waterville where he performs and teaches music and plays and teaches tennis.

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Dreams:  Albert S. Hall School Students

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Music (please stand and sing):

“Let There Be Peace on Earth”

“Lift Every Voice and Sing”

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Music (please be seated)

Tourmaline Singers, Song Leader Harry Vayo

“Honor , Honor” (traditional African American, arranged by Ysaye Barnwell)

“Ise Oluwa” (traditional West African). The translation of the second piece is “what the Creator has made can never be destroyed.”

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Benediction: Rev. Sungmin Jeon, United Methodist Church, Oakland/Sidney

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Sponsored by the Waterville Rotary Club and Spectrum Generations.