Milwaukee community, faith leaders pray for peace ahead of Inauguration Day
Faith leaders from across Wisconsin spent their Sunday morning praying for peace ahead of President-elect Joe Bidenâs inauguration Wednesday.
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MILWAUKEE â Faith leaders from across Wisconsin spent their Sunday morning praying for peace ahead of President-elect Joe Bidenâs inauguration Wednesday. Thereâs a lot of anxiety in the air, said Reverend Kerri Parker, executive director for the Wisconsin Council of Churches.
The prayer vigil comes following warnings of potentially violent protests in the days leading up to the transition of power. Thatâs why we have to come together to pray. To pray against that spirit. That spirit of evil, of division, of bitterness, said Pastor Walter Lanier, of Progressive Baptist Church.
Grace Lutheran Church in Cambridge has three trees in its sanctuary this holiday season one with Covid-19 ornaments, one in which visitors can take an ornament provided by the church, and one in which visitors can leave an ornament. Karyn Saemann
At local churches, December is normally the busiest and most anticipated month of the year.
Usually, there are choir anthems, childrenâs pageants and cookie walks. Festive brunches and candlelit carols. Towering sanctuary trees strung with Chrismons and antique ornaments.
This year, the Covid-19 pandemic upended most seasonal plans.
Where in-person Advent and Christmas services are still happening, most churches are requiring masks, pre-registration and strict social distancing.
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Derrick Z. Jackson, fellow | December 18, 2020, 2:14 pm EDT This post is a part of a series on
As much as the Constitution guarantees religious freedom in the United States, it is hard to imagine a compassionate god approving of freedom that comes with the sacrifice of souls at the altar. And yet, that is what the Supreme Court in essence sanctioned in its recent 5-4 verdict invalidating New York State’s pandemic rules on in-person religious worship.
The conservative majority of justices sided with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and two Brooklyn Orthodox Jewish synagogues that the rules were discriminatory compared to those for secular businesses. The court has since also backed churches against COVID-19 restrictions in California, New Jersey, and Colorado, instructing lower courts to reconsider the cases on the basis of the New Yo
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