On Sunday, June 28, 2026, at 5pm National City is honored to be hosting worship with the Latino Christian National Network (LCNN) as part of Bearing Faithful Witness to the Suffering of Immigrants, their Contributions, and their Hope in God — a historic gathering of the Latino immigrant church to speak a prophetic word to the nation at the threshold of its 250th Anniversary of Independence. This event will bring together worship and lament, as well as offer legislative engagement on Monday, June 29 from 10am-12pm. The gathering aims to bear faithful witness to the contributions, suffering, and enduring hope of Latino immigrant communities across the United States.
We will celebrate a bilingual ecumenical worship service centered on the experience of the Latino immigrant church. This service is the theological and prophetic heart of the event. It will include:
- Liturgical lament: prayers and readings naming the specific harms experienced by the community
- Prophetic proclamation: a message rooted in Scripture that speaks truth to the present moment
- Testimonies: voices from the community bearing witness to their own stories
- Songs of hope: bilingual congregational worship drawing from the Latino Christian tradition
- A closing declaration: a communal statement of identity, contribution, and hope for the nation’s future
The service will be bilingual (Spanish and English) and ecumenical in character, while centering the Latino immigrant church as primary speaker and subject. Partner denominations and organizations are invited as “compañeros en el camino” — companions on the journey — who accompany and amplify, while LCNN and the Latino immigrant church lead.
Against the backdrop of America’s semi quincentennial celebration, this gathering insists that the Latino immigrant church has not merely been a bystander to this nation’s story — it has been a builder, a servant, and a bearer of its soul. We gather to name the pain our community carries, to proclaim the truth of our contributions, and to declare our hopes for the next chapter of this nation’s life. National City Christian Church and Foundation, as the national church of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is proud to partner with the Latino Christian National Network to host this meaningful event at our nation’s 250.
