In Amharic, Karen and Spanish, worship is like home for migrants in heartland town
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A small group prays together in Spanish at St. Marys Catholic Church on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, in Worthington, Minn. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Parishioners take Communion during the Spanish-language Mass at St. Marys Catholic Church on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Worthington, Minn. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)A young member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church holds the kebero, a hand drum used in worship, on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, in Worthington, Minn. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church visit after service on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, in Worthington, Minn. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church pray after a post-liturgy lunch of pancake-like injera bread on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, in Worthington, Minn. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)A priest, left, leads prayers at the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church after a post-liturgy lunch on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, in Worthington, Minn. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Mintamir Endanew, left, and other members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church pray after a post-liturgy lunch of pancake-like injera bread on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, in Worthington, Minn. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church visit after service on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, in Worthington, Minn. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)A photo of the 1875 Swedish Baptist Church congregation sits on display in the entryway of the church, now known as the Indian Lake Baptist Church, in Worthington, Minn., on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Parishioners attend a Karen-language service at Indian lake Baptist Church, while celebrating 15 years of partnership with the 150-year-old congregation founded by Swedish immigrants, in Worthington, Minn., on Sunday Oct. 20, 2024.Parishioners sing during a Karen-language service at Indian lake Baptist Church, while celebrating 15 years of partnership with the 150-year-old congregation founded by Swedish immigrants, in Worthington, on Sunday Oct. 20, 2024.Congregants attend the English-language Mass at St. Marys Catholic Church on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Worthington, Minn. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)A parishioner takes offerings during Karen-language service at Indian lake Baptist Church in Worthington, Minn., on Sunday Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Young parishioners sit together during a Karen-language service at Indian Lake Baptist Church, while celebrating 15 years of partnership with the 150-year-old congregation founded by Swedish immigrants, in Worthington, Minn., on Sunday Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Parishioners pray during a Karen-language service at Indian Lake Baptist Church, while celebrating 15 years of partnership with the 150-year-old congregation founded by Swedish immigrants, in Worthington, Minn., on Sunday Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)May Htoo, center, prays during a Karen-language service at Indian lake Baptist Church in Worthington, Minn., on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Light shines on the front door of the Indian Lake Baptist Church, formerly The Swedish Baptist Church, in Worthington, Minn., on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)The sun rises over the Okabena Lake in Worthington, Minn., on Tuesday Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)A reproduction of the "Cristo Negro de Esquipulas," a representation of Christ on the cross widely venerated in Guatemala, hangs in the entryway of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Worthington, Minn., on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)The Rev. Tim Biren leads the English-language Mass at St. Marys Catholic Church on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Worthington, Minn. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Congregants attend the English-language Mass at St. Marys Catholic Church on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Worthington, Minn. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Congregants attend the Spanish-language Mass at St. Marys Catholic Church on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Worthington, Minn. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)A young boy runs back to his pew during the Spanish-language Mass at St. Marys Catholic Church on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Worthington, Minn. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Altar servers stand at the back of the sanctuary as ushers collect offerings during the Spanish-language Mass at St. Marys Catholic Church on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Worthington, Minn. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)The choir Nueva Inspiracin plays during the Spanish-language Mass at St. Marys Catholic Church on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Worthington, Minn. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
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A small group prays together in Spanish at St. Marys Catholic Church on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, in Worthington, Minn. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)