Will County area residents remember, celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.
Churchgoers attended a special service, and volunteers crafted Valentine's Day cards for homebound patients to remember Martin Luther King Jr. over the weekend in the Will County area.
Members of Joliet's St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church attended service Sunday and heard from Rev. Wendell Martin, while volunteers gathered Monday at Joliet Area Community Hospice to make more than 300 cards.
The service at St. Paul also served as a fundraiser for the Rainbow/Push organization.
A churchgoer enters St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, in Joliet, Ill. The church held a special service to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Churchgoers celebrate the sermon of The Rev. Tavis Grant on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, during a special service in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Joliet, Ill.
Liisa Seuser helps organize cards on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, during the MLK Day of Service at Joliet Area Community Hospice in Joliet, Ill. Volunteers made over 300 cards.
Scott Jones and Debbie Highlands make Valentine's Day cards Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, during the MLK Day of Service at Joliet Area Community Hospice in Joliet, Ill.
The Rev. Wendell Martin of Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church listens to the closing benediction during a special service for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Volunteer Artecia Hill puts the finishing touches on one of her cards on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, at Joliet Area Community Hospice in Joliet, Ill. Volunteers made over 300 cards, which will be delivered to hospice patients as well as other patients who are are homebound.
Pastor Herbert Brooks Jr. leads the service on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Joliet, Ill. The church held a special Martin Luther King Jr. Day service, which also served as a fundraiser for the Rainbow/Push organization.
"Let America be America again," Bishop L. Tavis Grant II said on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Joliet, Ill. The church held a special Martin Luther King Jr. Day service, which also served as a fundraiser for the Rainbow/Push organization.