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Church Holds Anti-Violence Vigil
"You want to be able to walk the streets in your neighborhood. You want your children to be safe. It's ridiculous that we can't do that anymore," says Rev. Sally Allocca, a pastor at East Lake United Methodist Church.
Men and women, spanning the generations, gathered at East Lake United Methodist Church for the second annual 'Lighting the Darkness' ceremony. It's a candlelight vigil against violence. They prayed for peace and learned about simple ways to help turn their neighborhoods around.
The first vigil was held last January after an 85 year-old, Grace Garner, was beaten to death in her East Lake home.
The church's pastor, Sally Allocca, says Sunday's ceremony addressed all the violence in the Birmingham area, including the 88 homicides in 2008.
"The horrible things that have happened have drawn us closer together and have given us more of a resolve to be people of peace rather than making us too frightened," says Allocca.
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