{"id":5948,"date":"2016-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/2016\/11\/30\/minneapolis-st-paul-church-hosts-simunye-sunday-we-are-one\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T19:07:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T17:07:05","slug":"minneapolis-st-paul-church-hosts-simunye-sunday-we-are-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/minneapolis-st-paul-church-hosts-simunye-sunday-we-are-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis\/St. Paul Church Hosts "Simunye" Sunday: "We are One""},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Minneapolis\/St. Paul Church of Christ<\/a> hosted its annual Simunye Weekend Celebration on October 22-23, 2016. “Simunye” is a Zulu term which means “we are one.” The special guest speakers for the weekend were Steve and Carol Mukenya. Steve and Carol have led churches in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Nairobi, Kenya; Lusaka, Zambia; and currently lead the church in Gwinnett County, Atlanta. <\/p><\/div>

On Saturday, Steve taught a workshop for the church on cross cultural missions, focusing on reaching out to the large Somali and Ethiopian populations in the Twin Cities area. Carol later taught a class for the women on having grace and faith through times of struggle and trial. <\/p>

Simunye Sunday featured a cultural celebration of music, dance, prayers in many different languages, songs from around the globe, and a powerful sermon from Steve on the cross-cultural mission that lay before us as disciples. Following the worship, the church had a meal together with dishes from around the world with a food line that stretched over a hundred feet. Disciples and guests alike were all encouraged by the celebration of God’s mission to become a family of all nations, tribes, languages, and people. <\/p>

Below is a video that was made for Simunye Sunday highlighting the “One Family of All Nations” experience in the Minneapolis\/St. Paul Church. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Minneapolis\/St. Paul Church of Christ hosted its annual Simunye Weekend Celebration on October 22-23, 2016. “Simunye” is a Zulu…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":5949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[54,72],"post_folder":[151],"class_list":["post-5948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commentary","tag-north-america","tag-race-and-culture"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/minneapolisst-925x656.paul_church_of_christ.jpg?fit=925%2C656&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"dtadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/dtadmin\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-1xW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4317,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/celebrating-juneteenth-in-the-two-cities-church-mn\/","url_meta":{"origin":5948,"position":0},"title":"Celebrating Juneteenth in the Two Cities Church","author":"dtadmin","date":"June 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The Two Cities Church in Minnesota held our first annual Juneteenth celebration this week with a large family BBQ. 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