Half Moon Bay Community Joins in Prayer, Call to Action After Mass Shooting

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The Half Moon Bay community gathered Tuesday for a night of prayer for the dead and a call to action for the living.

The memorial service at Coastside Lutheran Church included ministers of many faiths, all bringing a message of healing and change.

Within the 150 people gathered to remember the seven people shot and killed Monday, was also a call for action for a renewed effort to stop gun violence. “How long must I bear pain in my soul? And have sorrow in my heart all day long?” said a woman in attendance. Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.

At the interfaith prayer and lament, a call for healing for all of those affected, including the shooter himself. “For the perpetrator that he may somehow move from his inner turmoil, and come to know the ways of peace and compassion,” said another woman.

 

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