Please Keep Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Your Thoughts and Prayers
Posted on Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Category: Unitarian Universalism - General
Category: Unitarian Universalism - General
I’m shocked and deeply saddened by the news this morning from Knoxville, TN. As many of you have already heard, this morning a man walked into Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church during a children’s performance, and shot at the assembled crowd. Reuters and CNN have reports on the shootings.
The congregation asks for our prayers (from TVUUC’s website):
Dear friends,
Our congregation is recovering from the violent incident that occurred during this morning’s worship service. Please keep us in your prayers. We will post more information here shortly. Thanks for your continued support.
July 27th, 2008 19:40
Rev. Sinkford has released a beautiful statement from the UUA:
http://www.uua.org/news/newssubmissions/117154.shtml
July 28th, 2008 08:07
Thanks, Bea.
July 28th, 2008 13:18
This is such a tragic and unwelcome reminder of the pain and brokenness in our sinful world. Our prayers go out to our brothers and sisters in Tennessee as they mourn in this time of loss. I pray that, though difficult, events like this will help unify the church in the hope of the Gospel.
I was thinking about this today and found that Christianity Today is offering a free resource called “Confronting Gun Violence.” I’ll include the link below for any of you who are interested. While we can never predict when an act of violence might occur, this download offers some precautionary measures churches can take to safeguard their people and facilities.
Again, my deepest sympathies go out to our friends in Knoxville and I pray that we can learn to prevent such tragedies in the days to come.
http://store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-78230354700659+8NQpna+cogunviatchd.html