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Rev. Gerald Joiner shares dream of Dr. Martin Luther King at CU Adair, Taylor, Green and LaRue Counties were represented at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King memorial service along with students at Campbellsville University on January 23. The Gospel Explosion Choir, a group of about 40 persons from Adair, Taylor and Green counties, provided special music and the service came to a close with all of the ministers in the chapel invited to the stage, hands joined, leading the congregation singing the anthem We Shall Overcome. By Linda Waggener, assistant director of university communications The Rev. Gerald Joiner, Campbellsville University alumnus and member of the CU Church Relations Council, said that he believes Dr. Martin Luther King would not be satisfied with the overall statistics today which show far too many young black men in prisons and far too many teen pregnancies among young black women. As he shared the dream of the great leader and all he had lived, worked and died for, Joiner said he believed that if King were alive he would call on parents, educators and leaders to stand up and say that enough is enough and demand better education, good grades, more accountability and wholesome entertainment for our youth. Joiner said that the groundbreaking works of King, as well as the dedication of his mentors at CU, had allowed him to accomplish what he has. He commended CU on its efforts in diversity, especially the minority scholarship program and its partnership works with the General Association of Baptists in Ky., and with Simmons College of Kentucky. Because of the faith of this great institution and mentors like Al Hardy, Ive been able to reach heights Id never have dreamed of, Joiner said. As a 67 African-American teen from the Beecher projects of Louisville, I never thought Id be here today with all the experiences Ive been able to enjoy. While Joiner may be pastor of the historic Zion Missionary Baptist Church in downtown Louisville and a successful world-traveled corporate executive, still when he comes home to Campbellsville University, he remains Mr. Campbellsville, that star basketball player who met and married his wife of 32 years, Laverne Taylor Joiner, at CU. He and Hardy, dean of academic support at CU, shared a moment after the service reliving the emotional visit when Hardy and the late Lou Cunningham traveled to his home in Louisville to bring him to CU. It was Joiners first trip ever south of Elizabethtown, his first viewing of the tobacco plant which hed thought was the tallest cabbage plant hed ever seen. Joiner said, Its good to come home to my university, and shared that he is a student again, currently enrolled in the masters of theology program at CUs Louisville Campus. In his welcome address, Dr. Michael V. Carter, president, said, May this university look across our world and not see different peoples, but see Gods creations, no matter where they come from, no matter the heritage or culture. The opening and closing prayers were delivered by the Rev. Corrie Shull, pastor of the First Baptist Church, and the Rev. Michael Caldwell, pastor of Pleasant Union Baptist Church in Campbellsville, respectively.Comments and introduction of the speaker were given by the Rev. John Chowning, vice president for church and external relations and executive assistant to the president. For more information, contact the Office of Church and External Relations at CU at (270) 789-5520 or e-mail Chowning, vice president for church and external relations and executive assistant to the president, at jechowning@campbellsville.edu. Related links: Click Here for Wikipedia entry on key anthem of Civil Rights movement, "We Shall Overcome" Click here for music, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," considered by many to be the national anthem of the Civil Rights movement. This story was posted on 2008-01-30 08:49:07
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