Rainbow P.U.S.H. Calls Clergy to Gather for
"Stop the Violence"Prayer Vigil
in Remembrance of Trayvon Martin
Over Fathers' Day Weekend
SAN FRANCISCO-In answer to a charge from Reverend Jesse
Jackson Jr., national president of Rainbow P.U.S.H., Dr. Joseph Bryant
Jr., Senior Pastor of Calvary Hill
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Rev. Dr. Joseph Bryant Jr.
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Community Church and Bay Area Director of Rainbow calls clergy of all
faiths to join him for a prayer vigil. It will be held 12 noon Saturday,
June 16 at Calvary Hill Community Church. Remembering Trayvon Martin
and victims of senseless violence in our local community, clergy is
asked to cry out to God to stop the spirit of violence .
Consider
this notice as an invitation for all clergy to attend. Clergy is
requested to gather on the parking lot of Calvary, 141 Industrial Street
(Off Bay Shore) at the corner of Industrial and Revere Avenue at 12
noon. As the clergy prays on one side of the church parking lot, the
previously planned "Focus on Fathers Family Day" organized with the San
Francisco Black Film Festival, will be underway. Click here for details.
"We
received the request from Reverend Jackson to call clergy together to
lead the way to "Stop the Violence" by holding a prayer vigil over the
Father's Day Weekend," said Dr. Joseph Bryant, Jr. "As we are
remembering Trayvon Martin and the many victims of senseless violence in
our own community, we must pray God's power to help us be accountable
in our neighborhoods to take action to "Stop the Violence."
For more information contact Reverend Dr. Joseph Bryant Jr. at 415 647-5300.
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Historical Note:
January
29, 2012, Dr. Bryant joined Reverend Greggory L. Brown of Oakland in
recognition of Miracles of Faith's Annual D. Martin Luther King Jr's
recognition that included a rally for peace and economic justice.
