Uvalde Community Worships Together on First Sunday Since School Shooting Claimed 21 Lives

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English - May 30, 2022 12:47 - 5 minutes - 10.6 MB - ★★★★ - 63 ratings
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Ten-year-old Eliahna "Ellie" Garcia was planning to recite a Bible verse, Deuteronomy 6:18, the Primera Iglecia Bautista's (First Baptist Church's) Sunday service on May 29. But plans changed after a gunman entered Robb Elementary School on May 24, killing her and 18 of her classmates and two teachers. Instead, three of her friends from Sunday school recited the verse in her honor, with a picture of Ellie projected behind them.