{"id":10444,"date":"2007-11-02T10:48:37","date_gmt":"2007-11-02T15:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=10444"},"modified":"2011-08-09T10:49:07","modified_gmt":"2011-08-09T15:49:07","slug":"5929","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2007\/11\/02\/5929\/","title":{"rendered":"225 Participate in \u2018Taste of Africa\u2019 Worship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BROOKLYN PARK, MN (November 2, 2007) \u2013 The growing African immigrant  community at Redeemer Covenant Church wanted to share some of their  worship and foods, so the congregation recently held its first annual  Taste of Africa event.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The worship service was attended by 225  people and included several guest artists and a combined African joint  choir that filled the sanctuary stage. Following the service, members  dined on food from Nigeria, Liberia and Congo that was prepared by the  African women. Most of the immigrants in the church come from the three  countries.<\/p>\n<p>One of the Liberian immigrants expressed gratitude for the church\u2019s outreach saying, \u201cI finally feel like I\u2019m home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenny Oyederu, a Nigerian immigrant, and Jim Page, chairman of the Community Ministry Team, co-chaired the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=10444&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BROOKLYN PARK, MN (November 2, 2007) \u2013 The growing African immigrant community at Redeemer Covenant Church wanted to share some of their worship and foods, so the congregation recently held its first annual Taste of Africa event. 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