Lutherans, Methodists celebrate agreement on Eucharist

The Vindicator/William D. Lewis
Area Lutherans and United Methodists share the Eucharist during a service at Zion Lutheran Church, 3300 Canfield Road. Distributing Communion, from left, are the Rev. Dale Giffin, pastor of Zion Lutheran; United Methodist Bishop John Hopkins; and Bishop Marcus Miller of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. The service, a sign of unity celebrating a national agreement between the two mainline Protestant religions, took place Sunday.