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Fellowship Sunday: Worship With Us in Savannah
This Fellowship Sunday, Magnolia Missionary Baptist Church and Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church will leave our respective campuses in Statesboro and Pembroke and come together for one worship experience in Savannah.
Our Senior Minister, Francys Johnson, has received the high honor of preaching for the Prince Hall Day Celebration at the Johnny Mercer Theatre in Savannah’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civic Center. We are grateful for this opportunity and proud to join our wider community for a morning celebrating faith, history, service, brotherhood, and the enduring work of building stronger communities.
There will be no worship services at Magnolia in Statesboro or Mount Moriah in Pembroke this Sunday.
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About the Johnny Mercer Theatre
The Johnny Mercer Theatre is one of Savannah’s premier performance venues, located in the heart of the Historic District at the Savannah Civic Center. Named in honor of Savannah-born songwriter Johnny Mercer, the theatre is an important part of the city’s cultural life. Its location at 301 W. Oglethorpe Avenue, near the corner of Liberty and Montgomery Streets, places it within Savannah’s Historic District and within walking distance of many of the city’s historic landmarks.
Doors Open: 8:00 AM
Worship Begins: 9:00 AM
Directions and Parking
The Johnny Mercer Theatre is located in Savannah’s Historic District at the corner of Liberty and Montgomery Streets. For those traveling toward Savannah on I-16, continue east as I-16 becomes Montgomery Street. Proceed toward Liberty Street, where the Johnny Mercer Theatre marquee will be visible. The theatre parking lot is accessible from Liberty Street. Additional public parking is available in nearby City of Savannah lots and garages within walking distance of the theatre.
Why We Celebrate Prince Hall Day
Prince Hall Day honors the life, leadership, and enduring legacy of Prince Hall, an eighteenth-century abolitionist, community leader, Methodist lay minister, and pioneer of African American Freemasonry. In 1775, Prince Hall and fourteen other Black men were initiated into Freemasonry and later organized African Lodge No. 1. Their work eventually gave rise to what we now know as Prince Hall Freemasonry, one of the oldest continuously active institutions founded by African Americans. But the Prince Hall tradition has always represented more than fraternal fellowship. From its earliest days, it became a vehicle for education, citizenship, mutual aid, community advancement, civil rights, and the struggle for Black people's freedom and dignity. Generations of Prince Hall Masons have carried that tradition forward through service, leadership, advocacy, and institution building.
That history makes Prince Hall Day especially meaningful for the Black Church. Both traditions remind us that faith must move beyond words into service, that freedom requires organized people, and that every generation has a responsibility to leave its community stronger than it found it.
This Sunday, we gather to worship God, honor a remarkable legacy, celebrate the work of those who came before us, and recommit ourselves to faith, brotherhood, service, justice, and community. Two churches. One fellowship. One faith. One worship experience. Magnolia and Mount Moriah, we will meet you in Savannah!