Voices of Hope - Everybody Can Be Great

Hope Academy's Voices of Hope choirs performed at this year's 10th Annual Summit Against Racism at East Liberty Presbyterian Church on January 26, 2008. Voices of Hope is under the direction of Suzanne Polak, in partnership with Guitar Society of Fine Art and sponsored by Whole Foods Market.

The words in the song come from Martin Luther King's Drum Major Instinct sermon:

If you want to be important—wonderful. If you want to be recognized—wonderful. If you want to be great—wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That's a new definition of greatness. And this morning, the thing that I like about it: by giving that definition of greatness, it means that everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don't have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don't have to know Einstein's theory of relativity to serve. You don't have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love. And you can be that servant.

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[HopeAcademy]

this was beautiful!!!!!!!1

[brynn1285]

A song to the Great Dr. Martin Luther King is a wonderful tribute to his legacy! Great Choir! Dr. King would be so happy to see this group living out his legacy!