Faith and Blue Prayer Service held in Montgomery
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office has hosted a Faith and Blue Prayer Service at First Baptist Church on Perry Street.
Last night, many people came out to pray for the Montgomery community as well as for local law enforcement officers.
This event is a way for the community to build bridges with local law enforcement, as well as their fellow citizens. There were pastors from area churches and a mixture of their congregations.
Their prayers were for unity, victims of crime, the city and the entire community.
Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham spoke on the significance of this event in light of the mass shooting in downtown Montgomery last weekend that left two people dead and 12 others hurt, some critically.
“We’ve got to be able to come together, we’ve got to be able to pray with one another, we’ve got to be able to let the community know, it’s a concern for us just like it is for them, because we’re a part of this community,” Cunningham told Action 8 News. “We live here. We work here. Our kids go to school with your kids. We go to church together. We shop together. So, their concerns are our concerns, and why not come out, and why not unify one another through prayer. And say, ‘Hey look, we’re here for you just as much as y’all are here for us.'”
