The Greater Bloomfield Interfaith Partnership (GBIP), a group of clergy laity serving Bloomfield and surrounding communities, will be holding a service and vigil to denounce the practice of separating families at the border, and especially the use of sacred texts to justify it.  While the President has reversed his decision to make the separation the policy of his administration, at any moment, it can happen again.  There are also over 2,000 children that are separated, and because of poor implementation, parents are struggling to find out where their children have been taken. We must keep up the fight against this inhumanity.

The event, “Defending the Sanctuary of the Family: AnInterfaith Vigil of Solidarity, Justice, Compassion, & Equity with Immigrant Children and Parents” is at 6pm, beginning with a service at Park United Methodist Church in Bloomfield. Following the service will be a candlelight vigil on the Bloomfield Green. 

Clergy of the GBIP will speak at the service, and are expected to counter recent assertions of biblical support for the practice of separating families at the border, and calling for humane policies to be put into place that protect the immigrants and refugees on the southern border.  A follow up event is being planned for July 4^th. 

Also, just after our worship on Sunday morning, you will have the chance to take action by writing to your government officials: