Sunday, October 4th was World Communion Sunday, and during our 9:00 AM in-person (outside) service, we received Holy Communion, marking the annual “World Communion Sunday”. All over the world, Christians gathered around the table to receive the sacrament.<\/p>\n
A special offering is being taken for World Communion Sunday that goes toward scholarships for ethnic minority students who will go into some form of ministry upon graduation. Here is a testimony of one such student:<\/p>\n
Johnny Henry Llerena Zegarra is a student at Duke Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina. In 2018, his wife and two daughters traveled from Peru to join him in the United States. \u201cThe congregation where I minister,\u201d he said, \u201cwelcomed me and my family with much appreciation and respect.\u201d<\/p>\n
Being the sole breadwinner for his family proved challenging, but the staff at Duke encouraged Zegarra to apply for the World Communion Sunday scholarship. \u201cThe scholarship is a relief for my family budget,\u201d he said, \u201cbecause the health insurance that I pay for my family is very expensive. Now I can fulfill my ministry and my studies without worrying much about that payment.\u201d<\/p>\n
After Zegarra graduates with a master of divinity degree, he dreams of serving a diverse congregation. \u201cI hope to create new partnerships that link our congregation with the community and support the most vulnerable populations,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
Truly, your World Communion Sunday gifts make a difference. Thank you!<\/p>\n
\u2014Adapted from \u201cWorld Communion Sunday Supports Strong Future Leaders\u201d by Elsie Cunningham. Used by permission.<\/em><\/p>\n Mark your special gift “World Communion Sunday” either on a check or online. Thank you for your generosity!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunday, October 4th was World Communion Sunday, and during our 9:00 AM in-person (outside) service, we received Holy Communion, marking the annual “World Communion Sunday”. All over the world, Christians gathered around the table to receive the sacrament. A special offering is being taken for World Communion Sunday that goes toward scholarships for ethnic minority […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,263,113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-news","category-communion","category-newsletters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6589"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6608,"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6589\/revisions\/6608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefount.church\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}