Prayer and reflection service
On Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, the IHM Community came together for a prayer service honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We gathered in prayer and reflection, giving thanks for Dr. King’s enduring witness to justice, peace and beloved community. Kojo Quartey, President of Monroe County Community College and our guest speaker, led us in prayer and reflection, highlighting the importance of loving and serving others.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who led a nonviolent movement, told us once and again that when faced with hate and violence, “I have decided to stick with love.” Dr. King Jr., Nobel laureate and an iconic architect of the nonviolent Civil Rights Movement in the United States, was also a husband, preacher and father of four beautiful children. He was animated by the unyielding conviction that love can conquer hate.
Creator God,
We thank you for your church, founded upon the Word,
that challenges us to do more than sing and pray,
but go out and work as though the very answer to our prayers depended on us and not upon you.
Help us to realize that humanity was created to shine like the stars and live on through all eternity.
Keep us, we pray, in perfect peace.
Help us to walk together, pray together,
sing together, and live together
until that day when all God’s children
– Black, White, Red, Brown and Yellow –
will rejoice in one common band of humanity
in the reign of Jesus the Christ and of our God, we pray.
Amen.Rev. Martin Luther King
Prayer into Action
Turning prayer into action, the IHM Community provided meals at the Oaks of Righteousness Warming Shelter in Monroe for five days following the prayer service.
Thank you for joining us to remember, reflect and recommit ourselves to the work of justice inspired by Dr. King’s life and legacy.
