'Lament And Hope' At Evanston Community Vigil

EVANSTON, IL — Religious and community groups in Evanston have invited the public to an interfaith vigil in response to last weekend's displays of violence and hate in Charlottesville, Virginia. Sponsored by a coalition of local groups, the Thursday evening event has been dubbed a Community Service of Lament and Hope.

"We believe the best response to hatred is to show love, the best way to defeat separatism is to display unity, the best way to overcome ignorance is by teaching that all women and men are inescapably interwoven in a tapestry called life," Rev. Michael Nabors, of Second Baptist, told Patch. "We are family and we stand together."

Thursday's event is open to the all members of the public of all faith backgrounds. It will be held at 7 p.m. at Second Baptist Church, 1717 Benson Ave. in Evanston.

Vigil sponsors include:

• Beth Emet The Free Synagogue
• Dar-us-Sunnah Mosque
• The Evanston Police Department’s Chaplain Team
• Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation
• Evanston 4ALL
• Sojourner Covenant Church
• Alice Millar Chapel at Northwestern University
• First Presbyterian Church
• First United Methodist Church of Evanston
• St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
• St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
• St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
• St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

_{Top photo via Evanston Community Service of Lament and Hope Facebook Event Page}