A local ministry, Builders United, hosted a vigil Sunday evening to pray not only for Mobile but the entire nation.
A handful from the community joined hands to pray for families of the Buffalo, New York grocery store shooting, where 10 people died, and for Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two adults were killed when a rampant gunman entered Robb Elementary School.
“You send your kid to school, your primary elementary kid to school, the expectation is they come back home, not for them to be carried out in a body bag,” said Sereta Whitfield, organizer. “It’s heart-wrenching. It’s ridiculous. It’s unnecessary, and not to mention the guns that we have in Mobile.”They urged more people to come out and stand united for the city and the country.
“Prayer changes things, and that’s what we are here to do today,” said York. “We want to start with today, then we are going to start with next month, in another location, until it catches on like wildfire.”Updates will be on their Facebook pageDownload the FOX10 Weather App. Get life-saving severe weather warnings and alerts for your location no matter where you are. Available free in the
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