Hopkinsville Community College will host an online program commemorating the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at noon Thursday.
The speaker will be the Rev. Aaron Pettus, pastor of Foston Chapel Baptist Church, the college’s Religion and Philosophy Club announced in a Facebook post. His talk is titled “Let There Be Peace on Earth.”
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Pettus, a native of Hopkinsville, is the assistant director and transfer coordinator for Student Support Services at the college. He has a bachelor’s degree in theology from American Baptist College and a bachelor’s in education at Austin Peay State University. He has a master’s degree from Murray State University and also studied at Hopkinsville College of the Bible and Andersonville Theological College.
The public may view the program through this Zoom link.
(Jennifer P. Brown is the editor and founder of Hoptown Chronicle. Reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org.)
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
