Black Ministers Retreat March 14-16, 2023

Hyatt Regency - Wynfrey Hotel
Birmingham, Alabama

Letters from the Heart

Song of Songs 8:6-7

Commemorating the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham jail"

Experience Schedule

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

4:30pm-5:30pm.....................................Registration Check-In

6:00pm-8:00pm.....................................Casual Welcome Dinner & Live Band

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

9:00am-10:00am...................................Breakfast and Morning Devotion

10:15am-11:15am....Song of Songs Bible Lecture w/Rev. Kamilah Hall-Sharp, Ph.D.

11:30am-12:30pm............Reflection & Discussion on Letters from Our Ancestors (Phillis Wheatley, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin)

12:45pm-1:30pm..............Lunch and a Reading of "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

1:45pm-4:30pm................Depart for Civil Rights Institute & 16th St. Baptist Church

4:30pm..............................Return to the Hotel for Dinner on Your Own

7:00pm-8:30pm................Evening Worship w/Preacher, Rev. Dr. William Crowder,

Pastor of Park Manor CC, Chicago, IL and President of

National Convocation Board of Trustees

Thursday, March 16, 2023

8:30am-10:00am..............Breakfast, Morning Devotion, Writing Our Letters

10:00am-11:00am............General Units, Sponsors, and Merger Staff Briefings

11:15am...........................Departing Prayer and Checkout for Lunch on Your Own

Registration Cost: $185

BLock room rate: $139 PLUS TAX

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