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“I don’t want to hear that ‘We are in a new place’ from the pulpit anymore.”

“David Oyler is one of the most pastorally attuned execs that I have had the honor of ministering with over my career.”

“My lament was not being physically in the community in Baltimore and my hope was for a successful digital Assembly.”

“The sense of family and being together has kept us from having that kind of feeling of discouragement.”

“I stand here today to tell you my friends, I am not OK. I am uncomfortable, very uncomfortable.”

In big cities and small towns across the Synod of the Trinity region, people are taking to the streets to protest the racial injustice that continues to make headlines for all the wrong reasons. We also understand that there are many who are only seeing the footage of these gatherings on the nightly news and…

“Participating in this very public display of repentance and atonement for my own silence and inaction, as well as that of the White church as a whole, served as a wake-up call.”

“In having this conversation in the town square outside the four walls of the church, it has people reflecting on racial injustice way beyond those who just attended the vigil.”

“I show up to stand with our neighbors, to listen and to learn. I hope to take these experiences and interpret them through a gospel-lens for my congregation so that we can journey together into these troubled but hopeful waters.”

“With a ‘call’ to peace and justice in the kingdom of God, it appears at this time that the church is being asked to have both a supportive and on-looker role.”