We come together in this space and at this time of grief, acknowledging the violent act committed against our friends and families in Tumbler Ridge.                                                                                    

We confess that this tragedy is part of a wider failure to create safe communities that are humane, compassionate, just, and filled with dignity and hope for all. You are the God who has set us in families and clans and tribes, in communities and in cities. We give you thanks this day that you are Lord of the city of Tumbler Ridge and Lord of this very neighborhood. We pray for the city of  Tumbler Ridge today, and we pray for this neighborhood ... and for neighborhoods like it in Jerusalem, Minneapolis, Kyiv, and a thousand other villages in your cities around the world. In all of our cities this day ... there will be violence, crime and sharp moneymaking, and also compassion and forgiveness and generosity, and leaders who work for both justice and injustice. Be our God this day and prosper in the city of Tumbler Ridge. We pray in the name of the One who wept over the city.

Amen.

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Taken from Street Psalms: https://streetpsalms.org/prayers/