In an era marred by mounting disagreements and social disintegrations leading to injustices and incivilities, the world needs the clear witness of Christ toward the unity of the human family.
As Disciples, we find this witness always at its most sublime and radical when we come to the Lord's Table. With the simplest elements of daily life, it is at the Table that Jesus draws the disparate into one. Diversity of thought and background among the early followers of Jesus was gathered around that first Table. The ministry of Jesus mirrored this as well. He was accessible to all: people from various stations of life or ethnicities, women, the disabled, Romans, Samaritans.