An interfaith service in Montgomery City on Dec. 5, 2025, marked the 70th anniversary of a mass protest in the city, organizers said. The program included historical remarks, multiple invocations from different faith traditions and a planned performance by the Montgomery United Mass Choir.

An unidentified event speaker framed the evening as a commemoration "70 years after thousands of African American citizens of this city met on a wintry Monday night to ignite a mass protest," and said the gathering was intended to "build the beloved community" and honor the legacy of those protests. The speaker also introduced faith leaders who would lead invocations.

Dr. Jay Cooper, senior minister of the First United Methodist Church, and Minister Shakir Mohammed of the Nation of Islam were invited to offer invocations, according to the program remarks. A separate prayer recitation noted that "words can build the bonds of community" and called for courage, remembrance and renewed commitment to justice.

An unidentified prayer leader delivered a Christian invocation that invoked memory, nonviolence and shared responsibility. The prayer included an appeal, "May the memory of those who walked before us guide our steps today and always," and closed with "Amen." Later, Speaker 3 announced and recited the Al-Fatiha, the opening chapter of the Qur'an, noting resilience amid present pain and sacrifice before telling attendees they could be seated.

The program announced that under the direction of Dr. Diana S. Gray the Montgomery United Mass Choir would "bless us with some word," indicating a musical component would follow the invocations.

The event emphasized interfaith solidarity and remembrance rather than policy decisions or formal actions. Organizers placed the gathering in historical context and used prayers and music to connect present attendees with a civil-rights-era movement from the city's past.