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Congolese refugees worship together at St. Paul UMC
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Mugisha Bienvenu plays piano and sings with other musicians Nov. 12, 2017, at St. Paul United Methodist Church during services for the local Congolese population. - photo by Scott Rogers
Songs of praise ring in joyful reverberation from a street-level room as cars flash by in the windows. But in this basement of the St. Paul United Methodist Church, located at the corner of Washington and West Academy streets near downtown Gainesville, the parishioners are not who you would expect.