WPCNR IN THE SPIRIT. From Memorial and Central Korean UMC. August 25, 2007: Civil rights activist Rev. Dr. Mazie Ferguson will inspire the crowd when Memorial and Central Korean United Methodist Churches host an old-fashioned, soul-stirring summer tent revival called “Wake Up, Westchester!” running through Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007.
Acoustic/Folk Rock/Indie group Nannyhagen Creek will provide stirring music for the free event, which runs from 6-9 p.m. each night.
Rev. Dr. Ferguson founded Liberation Baptist Church in Greensboro, NC. Great-niece of Mary McLeod Bethune, a pioneering civil rights activist, Rev. Dr. Ferguson is herself a lifelong activist, preacher, teacher, theologian and writer who has served on numerous boards and commissions. She has also served as the North Carolina NAACP religious affairs director, and has a B.A. from South Carolina State University and a J.D. from the University of South Carolina.
Pleasantville-based Nannyhagen Creek has been entertaining Westchester County audiences for years with a riveting blend of toe-tapping musicianship and soulful harmony, drawing from the grassroots traditions of American folk song, to the working-class ballads of Ireland, to bouncy rock-tinged tunes. Nannyhagen Creek is Jodi Stokhammer, Jim Dirlam, Buddy Coughlin, Mark Orwoll, Jim Gilroy and Charlie Barone.
Sponsors of "Wake Up, Westchester" include Memorial UMC, Central Korean UMC (Rev. Kunsam Cho, Pastor), the United Methodist Church of Mt. Kisco (Rev. Matt Curry, Pastor) and the UMC of Pleasantville (Rev. Steve Phillips, Pastor). “Wake Up, Westchester!” is an ecumenical event. Christians and non-Christians of all persuasions are welcome. Admission is free.
