The 50th Annual City of Newton Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration will be held on Monday morning, Jan. 15, starting at 9:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Newton, 848 Beacon St., Newton Centre. The public is invited to attend this citywide celebration of Dr. King’s legacy.

Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller, former Mayor Setti Warren, and School Superintendent David Fleishman will be honored guests at the event which this year is being hosted by Pastor Sean Witty of the Frist Baptist Church of Newton. There will be student performances by The Monologue Project: Voices of Color, Newton All City Treble Singers, Newton All City Troubadours, and Newton North Jubilee Singers, and the Myrtle Baptist Church’s The Love Tones will also perform.

Members of Rotary Club of Newton will be collecting donations of toiletries to be distributed to Newton’s Food Pantries. The event’s major community sponsor is The Village Bank.