RNS NOLA METHODISTS

(RNS1-JUNE10) The choir performs at First Grace United Methodist Church in New Orleans. The church was the result of a merger between two churches — one black, one white — in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. For use with RNS-NOLA-METHODISTS, transmitted June 10, 2009. Religion News Service photo by Jennifer Zdon/The Times-Picayune.

(RNS1-JUNE10) The choir performs at First Grace United Methodist Church in New Orleans. The church was the result of a merger between two churches — one black, one white — in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. For use with RNS-NOLA-METHODISTS, transmitted June 10, 2009. Religion News Service photo by Jennifer Zdon/The Times-Picayune.

RNS NOLA METHODISTS

(RNS1-JUNE10) The choir performs at First Grace United Methodist Church in New Orleans. The church was the result of a merger between two churches — one black, one white — in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. For use with RNS-NOLA-METHODISTS, transmitted June 10, 2009. Religion News Service photo by Jennifer Zdon/The Times-Picayune.