In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day which is being celebrated Jan. 16, an interfaith breakfast will be held Saturday, January 14th to honor Dr. King and John H. Gwynn Jr., a Peorian who was a civil rights leader locally and nationally.

Both men changed the course of history. The theme of Saturday’s breakfast is “What Made Dr. King and Mr. Gwynn so Great!”

Sponsors of the interfaith breakfast are Bishop Leroy Smith Jr. Church of Living God, James K. Polk, a trustee at Illinois Central College, and Church Women United, Peoria Unit.

The breakfast is free and open to the public, but a donation will be collected to support the cost of the meal.

WHEN: 9:30 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012
WHERE: Bishop Leroy Smith Jr. Church of Living God, 2815 W. Lake St.
(behind West Lake Shopping Center off Sterling)