Following the shooting at Umpqua Community College where a gunman killed nine people and injured seven others, Faith Lutheran Church, Roseburg, Ore., held a vigil Oct. 1. At presstime, Jane C. Baker, pastor of Faith, said the community was invited to the vigil to be “with one another and to pray for families, students and everyone involved. Tonight we look to God. No one else has the words for this now.”
Listening to bring healing
Editor’s note: Presented by the ELCA in partnership with Augsburg Fortress, the 2026 National Day of Racial Healing observance, “Just Us Narratives: A Night of Centering Multiracial Voices Across the…