In recognition of Black History Month, Hometown Perry, Iowa will host a church service at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 20, at the New Bethel Baptist Church, 7th and Rawson streets, Perry.  The event has been rescheduled from February due to inclement weather. The Rev. Chaunci L. Hall, associate minister at Elim Christian Fellowship in Des Moines, will officiate at the service. Following the service, Dr. James Bowman will present a program on the Tuskegee Airmen, America’s first black fighter pilots who served in World War II.  The program will begin at 4:15 p.m. in the commons of Perry High School, 1200 18th Street. Dr. Bowman was a Tuskegee Airman and recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor.  A soup supper follows, also at the high school. Bethel Baptist Church, one of three African American churches in Perry in the 20th century, was organized in the fall of 1914. The congregation moved into the building at 7th and Rawson in 1920 and remained there until its last service in 1999. After being restored, the New Bethel Baptist Church reopened as part of the Hometown Perry, Iowa museum campus in February 2005. The church is a venue for special events. This is the first year the soup supper will be at the high school, where participants may see the recently updated exhibit of Hometown Perry, Iowa photographs in the commons area. Photos depict scenes from all eras of high school life in Perry. The events are free and open to the public with a freewill offering accepted at the event.