June Townes, soloist with the Canaan Baptist Church of Christ choir, offered two solos during the 12 Janury service. She dedicated her second solo, "Stand by me", to Dr Wyatt Tee Walker, pastor and chief executive office of the church, who was honoured at the 12 January service and "who's been more than a pastor. He's been like a father to me."
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In the chapel of the Interchurch Center, New York, from left to right: Rev. Canon Frederick Williams, rector, Church of the Intercess, Rev. Dr Victor Allen Brown, senior minister, Mt Sinai United Christian Church, Staten Island, New York, Rev. Dr Otis Moss Jr, pastor, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, Rev. Deborah DeWinter, programme executive, US Office of the WCC, Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky, archpriest, Orthodox Church in America and moderator, US Conference of the WCC.
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Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr, pastor, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, and preacher at the 12 January service to launch the 2004 US Focus for the Ecumenical Decade to Overcome Violence.
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Dr. Walker couldn't make it to the service - he's at home recovering from a recent stroke. Receiving the awards for him was Rev. Dr Victor Allen Brown (centre), senior minister, Mt Sinai United Christian Church, Staten Island, New York. Presenting awards were, respectively, Dr Bernice Powell Jackson, executive minister, Justice and Witness Ministries, United Church of Christ, and a spokeperson for the DOV, US Conference of the WCC (left) and Dr Antonios Kireopoulos, associate general secretary for International Affairs and Peace, National Council of Churches USA.
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