Martin Luther King Jr. Day events

You can attend events honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the metro-east and St. Louis:

EAST ST. LOUIS: Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church will host a Martin Luther King Day program at noon Monday at 1111 Dr. R.B. Lyles Drive in East St. Louis. The speaker is Mount Pisgah Pastor Vincent D. Collins.

O’FALLON: The 7th annual Metro-East Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration is from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Monday at New Life in Christ Church, 689 Scott Troy Road in O’Fallon. Shane Bishop, senior pastor of Christ Church in Fairview Heights, will be the featured speaker. Tickets are $10. Attendees are asked to bring two cans of food to be donated to the O’Fallon Food Pantry. To reserve tickets, contact Grant Litteken at 618-624-4500, extension 8760 or email glitteken@ofallon.org

ALTON: The Alton Branch of the NAACP will hold its 36th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration service at 3 p.m. Sunday at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, 2621 Amelia St. in Alton. The theme is “Bonding the Broken in the Face of Injustice.” It will include a procession of clergy, organizational leaders, government officials and residents to show solidarity to King’s dream of unity and peace.

ST. LOUIS: “The Dream is Ours” is the theme of the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ceremony on Monday at the Old Courthouse, 4th and Market Streets in St. Louis. A pre-celebration will begin at 9 a.m. in the courthouse rotunda, with the civic ceremony starting at 10 a.m. A March of Celebration will begin at the courthouse and will continue to Washington Tabernacle Baptist Church, 3200 Washington Ave., where an interfaith ceremony will be held.

This story was originally published January 15, 2016 at 2:57 PM with the headline "Martin Luther King Jr. Day events."