Article: MINISTERS URGED TO PREACH KWANZAA'S `NIA' PRINCIPLE SPONSORS HOPE FOCUS OF SERMONS THIS SUNDAY WILL BE ON `PURPOSE'.(Local)

Byline: Bob Jackson News Staff Writer

The Denver Kwanzaa Committee is asking ministers of the city's black churches to use the theme of nia, one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa that means ``purpose,'' as the subject of their sermons this Sunday.

The African-American holiday runs Wednesday through Jan. 1, and focuses on Nguzo Saba, seven principles to be practiced throughout the year.

The holiday is based on harvest celebrations in West Africa. Kwanzaa, a Swahili word meaning first, is derived from the phrase matunda ya kwanzaa, or the first fruits.

``The holiday is an expression of our black heritage and our black culture,'' said ...

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