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Last week our speaker was Dwight Laadan Ferguson. He told a story of a young man he knew who became the victim of gun violence in Elizabeth Estates on December 26th 2017. He described how the young man rested his head on Commonwealth Boulevard on the tar that was heated that day and the tar became his final pillow. The dead young man exhaled potential, purpose and became another statistic of gun violence.
Dwight, an artist, placed an installation in Nassau Village titled "Tar Pillows". There are 32 chunks of tar laid on 32 bright yellow platforms with 32 pairs of shoes affixed to the 32 chunks of tar and arranged in a circle, remembering that 32 pairs of feet will not walk in their God given purpose all because of gun violence. There is a sculpture called the circle of hope at the center of the circle. The circle of hope reminds us all to represent a circle of hope in being a voice to help people understand that in the midst of the conflict, mayhem and madness there is peace and there is still hope.
Dwight challenged us in the month of peace and conflict prevention and resolution to not just speak about peace but live out peace and hope throughout the entire year. He prayed that God by Christ Jesus filled us with peace so that we can be dispensers of peace and grace.
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