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KNOXVILLE CHURCH SHOOTINGS RESPONSE

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Contributed by: Joyce Levi on 7/29/2008

Following is a statement from Rev. William G. Sinkford, President, Unitarian Universalist Association, shortly after he learned of the shootings which took place in Knoxville's Tennessee Valley UU Church Sunday morning. Two people were killed and seven wounded when an out-of-work man went on a killing rampage, and decided to do so in a church whose liberal beliefs and actions he despised.

I am shocked and sorrowed by the terrible shootings in the sanctuary of the
Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church. My heart is heavy and my
prayers are with our injured sisters and brothers in Knoxville. While many
details of this tragedy remain unclear, our Association will do all we can to
support Unitarian Universalists in Knoxville in the hard days to come.

A tragedy such as this makes us acutely conscious of the beauty and
fragility of our lives and those of our loved ones. I am especially saddened
by this intrusion of violence into a worship service involving children and
youth. I know that many people, both in Knoxville and around the country,
are struggling with shock and grief right now. I pray that those so affected
will find strength and comfort.

Members of the Unitarian Universalist Trauma Response Ministry are on
their way to Knoxville to offer additional ministry to the congregation as it
grieves. And Unitarian Universalists around the world are sending love and
prayers to the Tennessee Valley congregation to tell them they are not alone
on this dark day.

Prayers are being said and prayer vigils held in other religious settings as well - Protestant, Catholic and Jewish - as loving people try to understand such destruction as they grieve with Knoxville.

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