The following spaces have been coordinated by Metropolitan Congregations United. An updated list of spaces will likely be posted on Prayingwithourfeet.org Sanctuary Churches: Sanctuary churches will be located in Clayton, Ferguson, and Shaw as safe space for protestors. They will be marked with red flags. 24-Hour Safe Spaces: Safe Spaces will be open throughout the area for prayer and reflection for anyone who wishes to participate. They will be marked with green flags. 24-7 Safe Spaces include: St Louis City: Compton Height Christian Church, Central Reform Congregation, Christ Church Cathedral, Epiphany United Church of Christ, Second Presbyterian, St. John United Church of Christ, Samaritan United Methodist Ferguson/Florissant: Christ the King United Church of Christ, Greater St Mark Other: Webster Groves Christian Church, First Congregational Wydown Compton Heights has asked Liberation if we would consider assisting them by volunteering to be hosts. In particular, they are in need of daytime volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up online (SignUpGenius/go/20F0F45ABAE23A3FF2-compton) and we will contact you when the decision is made. Westminster Presbyterian Church (5300 Delmar, 63112) will be open. The day after the decision they will open in the afternoon and gather for a meal and sharing around 6pm (for example, if the decision is announced on a Saturday, they will be open beginning Sunday afternoon). There will be overnight space available for those who need it. Overnight participants must arrive by 10pm. Prayer Vigils and Worship: Alternatively, some communities will be hosting prayer vigils and worship at set times. Some of these churches include Washington Tabernacle, Oak Hill Presbyterian, St. Margaret of Scotland, Beloved United Methodist, Gethsemane Lutheran, Zion Lutheran Ferguson Other Ways to Serve: Street Medics are needed to help provide basic first aid on the streets during protests. People who are willing to act as street medics should contact Scott Mechanic, 314-375-3193 [email protected], and see the website: gramedics.org/ Legal Observers are being coordinated by the National Lawyers Guild. People who would like to serve as legal observers can contact Abi Hassen, [email protected]. Non-Violent Action: The morning after the announcement, there will be a non-violent action in Clayton, beginning with a prayer service. Please be prayerful. Here is a prayer patterned after the Lord’s Prayer that you can pray Our Father, who art in this our land, may your name be blessed in our incessant search for justice and peace. May your kingdom come for those who have for centuries awaited a life with dignity. May our will be done on earth and in heaven and in the church in the United States that we might be a church on the side of the poor and oppressed. Give us today our daily bread that we might have the strength to build a new society. Forgive us our sins; do not let us fall into the temptation of believing ourselves already new people. And deliver us from the evil of forgetting that our lives and the life of this country are in your hands. Amen.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 02:42:44 +0000
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