I ran into my blog friend, Pastor Daniel Meeter, and he told me that there were 400 people at the interfaith Martin Luther King event on Sunday January 15th. Here’s an excerpt from Pastor Meeter’s blog.

Last night we hosted our Martin Luther King Service on behalf of the
Brooklyn Interfaith Alliance. This is a new organization, and a whole
new partnership. At our final planning session last week, we said we
hoped for 200 but made figured that if we got 100, we would find a way
to turn it into a success.

On Saturday I printed up 200
bulletins. But the response was so tremendous that as the service began
on Sunday afternoon we were frantically printing up more. We believe we
had some 400 people. Rev. Clinton Miller and I were co-chairs of the
event, and I said in his ear, "Look at the response," and he said, "I
think we’ve got our quorum!"

We had to expand the program to
welcome an Imam chanting from the Holy Koran, extra speeches and extra
elected officials. Our keynote speaker was very gracious in his
patience as he waited for his turn, but it was well worth the wait. He
was Rev. Dr. Gary Simpson of the Concord Baptist Church, and he had us
on our feet as he ended with John 9:4, We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day, night is coming when no on can work.

The congregation gave about $1000 in offering to www.anysoldier.com (to support our under-supplied soldiers and sailors) and to Black Veterans for Social Justice.

We
are a small congregation with a big space. We are thankful that we can
serve God by offering special services that the community wants to
attend.