Hillcrest United Methodist Church joined with four congregations and a nonprofit organization to celebrate World Communion Sunday with a Festival of Nations. The various groups represent many cultures from four continents and speak more than five languages. All of them utilize the Hillcrest United Methodist Church facility each week.
Eunice, 2, during a Festival of Nations celebration of World
Communion Sunday at Hillcrest United Methodist Church in
Nashville, Tenn. The family is part of the El Shaddai congregation
that worships in Nepali. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.
during World Communion Sunday at Hillcrest United Methodist
Church in Nashville, Tenn.
Your gifts on World Communion Sunday, supports the Ethnic Scholarship which enables The United Methodist Church to equip gifted, qualified students from around the globe to become the world changers God created them to be.
“Each one of these ministries is doing amazing work and is really allowing all of us to be part of something greater than what we could do individually,” said the Rev. David Ssebulime, lead pastor of Hillcrest United Methodist Church. “We have not yet seen or even imagined what is possible when we unite God’s people. … We believe that God has brought us together under the same roof for a greater purpose.”
language, spoken in Rwanda, eastern Congo and adjacent parts
of southern Uganda during World Communion Sunday at
Hillcrest United Methodist Church.
The groups are now better connected through the shared experiences of the day, which included a worship service, a time of learning about each other, a meal comprising dishes from multiple cultures, and an opportunity for fellowship.
worship service of five ethnically diverse congregations on World
Communion Sunday at Hillcrest United Methodist Church in
Nashville, Tenn. Ssebulime is the church’s senior pastor.
The congregations plan to continue supporting each other and strengthening their ministry partnerships. Each pastor expressed the same belief: God’s love unites us.
story by Laura Buchanan, UMC.org, United Methodist Communications, photos by Mike DuBose, staff photographer for UM News.
One of six churchwide Special Sundays with offerings of The United Methodist Church, World Communion Sunday calls the church to reach out to all people and model diversity among God’s children. The special offering provides World Communion Scholarships, the Ethnic Scholarship Program and the Ethnic In-Service Training Program.
When you give generously on World Communion Sunday, you equip gifted, qualified students from around the globe to become the world changers God created them to be. Give now.
