For another year, Heartsong Church members opened their doors and arms to neighbors and friends of a different faith. Christians and Muslims from the Memphis Is...

For another year, Heartsong Church members opened their doors and arms to neighbors and friends of a different faith. Christians and Muslims from the Memphis Islamic Center solidified their friendships over a pre-thanksgiving dinner in Cordova Thursday.

It was a sold out crowd. Organizers of the annual dinner said 400 tickets were available. We found friendships so strong, people told us they look forward to breaking bread together all year.

“All you have to do is look around the room and you’ll see how people are getting together,” says Bashar Shalah of the Memphis Islamic Center. “And how the young, the old, the men, the women are just hungry for love and friendship.”

The members of Heartsong Church and the Memphis Islamic Center brought a hearty appetite for turkey, dressing and all the thanksgiving fixings,

“We are neighbors, we are a family,” says Naseem Khan, who cooks dessert for the dinner.

Khan attends the mosque, and puts her heart into the dessert which she looks forward to sharing with her friends at Heartsong Church.

Since it’s beginning six years ago, this dinner has been a model of love and sharing around the world.

“We’re always ready when we need to make a witness to the power of love,” says Heartsong’s Pastor Steve Stone.

“I just feel the positively at a time where we really need that,” says Shalah.

Sarah Williams came to the dinner last year, and the experience left an everlasting impression on her. “Oh, I loved it, I loved it. I was so glad that we got to meet some many different people. It was amazing,” says Williams.