Chaplain Johnson to speak at Kinzie/King
Breakfast at Lincoln College
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[January 09, 2015]
LINCOLN - Tickets are now available for
the 7th Annual Joyce Kinzie/Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast. The
Breakfast will be held Monday, January 19, in the Davidson-Sheffer
Gymnasium on the Lincoln College campus in Lincoln.
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The doors will open at 7 a.m. and the program will begin at 7:30
a.m. Seating is limited so early reservations are recommended. Call
Cynthia Kelley at Lincoln College at (217) 735-7219 to make
reservations; reserved tickets can be picked up at the door the
morning of the event. Tickets for the Breakfast are also available
from First Presbyterian Church, (217) 732-6141; Second Baptist
Church, (217) 899-5527, and from members of the Kinzie/King
Breakfast Committee: Rev. Glenn Shelton, (217) 899-5527; Les Plotner,
(217) 732- 6167; and Cathy Tiffany, (217) 732-6646. Tickets will be
available at the door if seating is still available.
Proceeds from the breakfast go to the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Minority Student Endowed Scholarship which is awarded annually to
minority students from Logan County attending Lincoln College on the
Lincoln campus. The event features a buffet breakfast,
entertainment, remarks by this year’s MLK Scholarship recipient
Rhiniqua Carter, and guest speaker Henry M. Johnson.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2015/Jan/07/images/ads/current/iga_sda032409.png) Johnson retired after serving for 28 years as a chaplain at the
Logan Correctional Center and is currently an elder at Jefferson
Street Christian Church in Lincoln. He plans to speak on the topic
of strength to love, particularly loving one’s enemies, based on the
book “Strength to Love” published by Martin Luther King, Jr. in
1963.
“We all have to either accept the word of God and love our enemies
or suffer the consequences” of hate and violence said Johnson,
explaining that his many years in pastoral work, his experience as a
citizen of the world, and King’s writing have influenced his
thoughts on the matter.
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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Minority Student Scholarship was
co-founded in 2009 by Rev. Glenn Shelton and Lincoln
businesswoman Joyce Kinzie, who initially hosted the breakfast
as a fundraiser. Kinzie passed away in 2010, but the annual
breakfast has continued, honoring Kinzie and furthering her
dream of helping minority students in Logan County. Since her
death, the fund has grown and is now an endowed scholarship
which can be awarded to multiple students each year.
“Members of this community have been so very generous with
helping fund this scholarship. Their investment in educating
students from Logan County is making it possible for the
recipients to attend Lincoln College and earn their degrees. The
gift of education provides dividends for a lifetime, and we are
deeply grateful to the many donors and sponsors that make this
scholarship possible,” said Debbie Ackerman, Lincoln College’s
vice president for institutional advancement.
[Tracy Bergin, Lincoln College]
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