Former Philadelphia mayor to give speech

From NewsOK.com...

The first black mayor of Philadelphia will be the keynote speaker when St. John Missionary Baptist Church holds its third annual prison ministry symposium Jan. 14.

The theme is "A Hope for Children of Promise."

W. Wilson Goode Sr., Philadelphia mayor from 1983 to 1992, will speak about his work with the Amachi Program, a faith- based, national model program for mentoring children of incarcerated parents.

"We found out if children have parents in prison they are more likely to think that they're going to have to go too," said the Rev. Norman Barber, St. John's director of evangelism and prison ministry.

The symposium will be from 9 a.m. to noon at the church at 5700 N Kelley in Oklahoma City.

To register, call 478-5656 or e-mail Barber at nbarber@stjohnokc.org.