Welcome to church members and community members who are joining together to grieve, reflect, pray and support one another. Lament is about creating space for our pain to breathe. We acknowledge it, we are honest about it, and we come before God with our feelings and frustrations. There is something strange in the way that we get a sense of healing by just being honest about our suffering even if the situation doesn’t change.

During this special service, we are giving one another space to reflect on what we have experienced as individuals, as a community and as a nation. We are grieving our losses and the losses of our friends and neighbours. We are also turning to God and to one another for support and finding hope in the depth of our relationships and in knowing that God is here with us.