Marshall Remembrance Event Set For Tonight

The ideas for the event sprang from feedback received on surveys given throughout the community in September. Many area churches have been instrumental in putting this together.
 

Tonight at 6:00 pm at Mike Miller Park in Draffenville, the community is invited to gather in the lower parking lot between the soccer fields. The event will begin with a word of prayer, then Bro. Tim Bertrand of God's Graffiti Ministry will create a painting while presenting a message of hope and healing for the community.
 

Local musician Cody Myers will perform a song he wrote with Bro. Brian Brophy of the Reidland Church of Christ.
 

The formal part of the event will end with the release of one orange and one blue Chinese lantern.

Overflow parking will be available at Central Elementary School, and a shuttle will bring people to the park and back again. 

Anyone who can't attend the event can watch a live stream on the Facebook page for First Missionary Baptist Church.

After the event, several Marshall County churches will have hot coffee, tea, or hot chocolate and baked goods at the large pavilion at the top of the hill from the parking lot. 
 

Counselors and pastors will be on hand throughout the evening to talk with anyone who desires to speak with them. They will be identified by the orange ribbons that they will wear.
  

Seven hundred fifty orange glow sticks will be passed out to the crowd and everyone is encouraged to bring their own orange glow stick as these will probably go very quickly.

This community will never forget what happened on January 23, 2018 and will not forget the families and students who were impacted by the events. But, we will strive to maintain the hope and unity that the residents of Marshall County have always demonstrated.