
To honor the life and ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King, Two Rivers Church is invited to be a part of an important weekend of worship and learning at Bethel Wesley United Methodist Church (1201 13th Street, Moline).
On Sunday, January 19, there will be a Pan-Methodist worship service from 3:00-4:30 p.m. The service will feature keynote preacher Reverend Dr. James Pernell and participation from leadership and members from United Methodist Churches and African Methodist Episcopal Churches. The Pan-Methodist Commission is an effort to connect churches with historical roots to John Wesley, especially the United Methodist Church and denominations that are historically African-American.
The worship service will include some discussion about Richard Allen, the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Allen founded the first independent, autonomous, and predominantly Black denomination after being discriminated against in his Methodist Church in Philadelphia in 1794.