{"id":19705,"date":"2026-06-11T16:38:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=19705"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:38:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:38:44","slug":"and-on-sunday-the-city-prayed-for-the-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/and-on-sunday-the-city-prayed-for-the-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"And on Sunday \u2013 The City Prayed for the Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"By Fletcher Word<\/em>
\nThe Truth Editor<\/em><\/p>\n

Among the prayers offered for the victims \u2026 and for the city of Toledo during Sunday\u2019s services and informal gatherings was a community prayer organized by Rev. Cedric Broack, pastor of Mt. Nebo Baptist Church.<\/p>\n

Brock\u2019s community prayer, held at the corner of Delaware and Lawrence, close by the scene of the shootings, was attended by about 20 Toledoans, including, state Sen. Paula Hicks-Hudson, City Council President Vanice Williams and Councilwoman Erin Kramer.<\/p>\n

\u201cToledo is not a bad place,\u201d Brock reminded those in attendance. \u201cBut right now, Toledo looks miserable in the eyesight of the world. We can be better \u2026 now is a time for us to pull up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Janice Carson, DMin, opened with a prayer asking God to keep the spirit of love within the city.<\/p>\n

\"\"After the opening prayer, Bishop John Williams of River of Life Church offered his thoughts on the previous day\u2019s violence and the impact on the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re actually blessed to be in Toledo,\u201d said Williams. \u201cThis issue is not a Toledo issue. It\u2019s demonic warfare and spiritual warfare all over. The rise in gun violence is all over the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Expressing his concern about the fact that the festival could not continue after Saturday\u2019s outbreak of violence, Williams expressed his desire that the Old West End Festival should return \u201cbigger and better and stronger next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams also noted that he was encouraged that \u201calthough 12 were shot, we didn\u2019t lose one life \u2026 Toledo is not a cursed city.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then all of the attendees had the opportunity to offer a prayer \u2013 they offered prayers of thanks for the overall goodness of Toledoans, prayers of recovery for the victims, prayers of concern for the families of those who had been injured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Fletcher Word The Truth Editor Among the prayers offered for the victims \u2026 and for the city of Toledo during Sunday\u2019s services and informal gatherings was a community prayer organized by Rev. Cedric Broack, pastor of Mt. Nebo Baptist Church. Brock\u2019s community prayer, held at the corner of Delaware and Lawrence, close by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[351],"class_list":["post-19705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19709,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19705\/revisions\/19709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19705"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=19705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}