SILENT VIGIL
June 19 and 20, 2008
Pending execution of James Earl Reed
Schedule of events:
Silent vigil scheduled for 6:30 PM on Thursday 19 June at the Saint Thomas Moore Catholic Chapel (behind main building), 1610 Greene Street, Columbia, SC. This vigil is open to all sides and healing prayers are for family and friends from both sides.
No speakers per se, but anyone is welcome to stand up and express thoughts on forgiveness and healing which is the focus of the vigil.
Silent candle light protest at Governor's mansion is scheduled after the Thursday night vigil.
Anyone is welcome to participate. To date there has been no commutation of a death sentence by our governor.
Execution protest vigil scheduled to start about 5 PM on June 20 in front of the Department of Corrections administration building, 4444 Broad River Road.
Execution scheduled for 6 PM.
Signs will be available after 4 PM. POC Salvador Macias, III, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology USC Sumter 200 Miller Rd Sumter, SC 29150 smacias@uscsumter.edu (803) 938-3756
"Creator of us all, you promised us that nothing could separate us from your love and you asked us to mirror that perfect love for all people. Grant us the strength and courage to love all people as you love them, especially those on Death Row in SC [and specifically James Earl Reed] and the families they [he]devastated. May we be a blessing to all whose affected by violence in their grief and imprisonment, and may we learn from their experience as we seek to free South Carolina from the violence that separates us all from you." (Mrs. Julia Sibley-Jones, Yearbook of Prayer for South Carolina 2008, p.8.)
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