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June 10, 2020
Community unites at praye
By Marianne Austin
Area pastors and members
of the community came
together for a prayer vigil at
Coshocton Church of the Nazarene
on Tuesday evening,
June 2. Beginning with songs
for encouragement about love,
peace and healing, Pastor
Dave Boots gave an invitation
for anyone who wanted to pray
to come up.
“We’re outside. It’s a beautiful
night,” Boots said. “We
need to fall on our faces in
repentance, asking for revival,
asking Jesus to pour out a heart
of love and restoration and
wash away all of this hate.”
Boots explained the reason
for the prayer vigil. “Our
country is so broken over the
news of George Floyd that
the only way to help is to
pray,” he said. “We’re praying
for his family, our nation,
community and police officers.
We need reconciliation.
God wants his people to pray.
Tonight, let’s think about
those thoughts. Tonight, we
place our full trust in you
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Area pastors and members of the community came together for a
prayer vigil at Coshocton Church of the Nazarene on Tuesday evening,
June 2.
Lord. Pray for our nation to
listen and understand. Everyone
is invited to come up and
pray. Pray for healing and
peace. God wants us to pray.”
Dawn Boots, the pastor’s
wife, offered up prayer for
police officers and all people.
“God told us all these
things would happen,” she
said. “Help us to understand.
Everything will come to
pass like you said it would.
Cover your people and keep
them safe under the shadow
of your wings. Give us the
heart to trust you.”
Pastor Joe Sanders from
the First Baptist Church
spoke in reference to Isaiah
59, comparing it to the
times we are living in. “In
the world we live in today,
we see a lack of justice, sin,
misery and destruction. It
doesn’t see police as a place
of protection. Nobody is
going to save you. God says,
‘I am the redeemer.’ He is the
one who is going to rescue
us,” he said.
“Just like the day of Pentecost
in Acts II, all people