A citywide prayer service for healing and restoration was held in Pasadena following the devastating Eaton fires.
In various languages, from divergent faiths and denominations, about 100 people, including 23 pastors from local church and ministries in Pasadena and Altadena, held a citywide prayer service for healing and restoration Sunday night amid The Clergy Community Coalition, founded 20 years ago in response to Pasadena’s high crime rate, found itself responding this week to the Eaton Fires. It organized the prayer service that featured prayers, chants and songs from several faith traditions.
Mental health professionals and shaman healers also offered their services.'It matters when we’re with one another. This fire will change the trajectory of so many stories. What happens next is partly up to us,' she said.'There’s so much sadness and loss and at the same time so much resilience,' he said. 'I want to make sure we rebuild and rebuild with urgency when this is over. We have difficult times to get through before we see the end of this. My heart breaks with yours.' At the same time, he said Californians are consistently optimistic, and “at times like these more than ever we need each other.” It was a sentiment Pastor Jean Burch of Community Bible Church of Greater Pasadena agreed with. Burch’s congregation is in Altadena, and while it did not burn, its members cannot meet there. “There is confusion and chaos and discomfort, so we pray for our community and our firefighters as we wait for a better day,” said Burch, one of the coalitions founding members.Their church gutted by Eaton fire, Altadena church’s flock finds welcome, solace in Montebello About 20 pastors laid hands and blessed Schiff, calling him a true public servant and praying for the new senator’s work “to strengthen his hand and his vision to serve the least of these.” Fuller Seminary organized an eight-member band from other churches to lead the congregation in chanting “shalom,” especially for Altadena, where there is no formal tally of churches los
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