Church diversity

There’s an old saying that Sunday at 11 a.m. is the most segregated hour in American life (Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations attributes it to an Episcopalian bishiop, James Pike, in 1960). That’s probably not so true today, as the U.S. in general is a more diverse place than it was. But still, 92 percent of Presbyterians are white, so a church like mine is unusual. And indeed, the church I attend, Hartford St. Presbyterian Church, is one of three congregations to win the multicultural church story contest sponsored by PC (USA), the Mainline Presbyterian denomination. Maybe it’s because we worship at 10 a.m.