Tickets Available Now for MLK Breakfast on January 18, 2016
O’Fallon, Illinois – January 6, 2016 — Mayor Gary L. Graham, the City of O’Fallon, O’Fallon Council of Ministers and the O’Fallon Metro East Branch of the NAACP invite Metro East citizens to the Seventh Annual Metro East Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Celebration that will be held on Monday, January 18, 2016 at New Life in Christ Church, 689 Scott Troy Road from 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Shane Bishop, Senior Pastor of Christ Church, Fairview Heights, will be the featured speaker for the event and tickets are priced at $10 each. Attendees are asked to bring two canned goods that will be donated to the O’Fallon Food Pantry.
O’Fallon churches have been contacted and asked to participate in this exciting community outreach effort by placing an announcement in their church bulletins. Tickets will be available for purchase at the following churches: Faith Lutheran, First United Methodist, New Life in Christ, St. Clare Catholic and St. Nicholas Catholic. Tickets are also available at O’Fallon City Hall, 255 S. Lincoln and at the door the day of the event.
O’Fallon has always been a leader in the metro east with programs and events that are designed to bring people together. This event is no exception. Citizens from other metro east communities are invited and encouraged to attend.
“The City of O’Fallon is proud to lead the Metro East in celebrating the values King espoused; justice, hope, liberty, racial harmony, and diversity at the MLK Breakfast,” said Mayor Gary L. Graham. “We are happy to partner with the faith community because Martin Luther King, Jr. was a person of faith who moved this country by faith to embrace its values of liberty, justice, and the pursuit of happiness for all its citizens. His faith empowered him to use the power of non-violence to overcome hatred, prejudice and racism. It’s this time of year America pauses to honor not just the man, but the America we have become because of the man.”
For more information about the event, or to reserve tickets for pickup at O’Fallon City Hall, please contact Grant Litteken at 618.624.4500 Ext. 8760 or [email protected].