On June 3, 2020 people of the Episcopal and ELCA Lutheran churches of the Kansas City Metro area gathered together in prayer for racial justice held in the grounds of at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, Kansas City. An estimated 150-200 people attended the event in person. The proceedings were also livestreamed on Facebook. You can watch a video and read more about the event here.

Prayer for Racial Justice – Introduction from the Very Rev. Chas Marks, St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, Kansas City, Missouri. Image credit: Mary Ann Teschan

The Rt. Rev. Martin S. Field provides opening remarks at the June 3, Pray for Racial Justice Event at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, Kansas City, Missouri. Image credit: Mary Ann Teschan

Prayer for Racial Justice – The Hon. Emmanuel Cleaver II, Member of Congress addresses the assembled people. Image credit: Mary Ann Teschan

Prayer for Racial Justice – The Hon. Emmanuel Cleaver II, Member of Congress addresses the assembled people. Image credit: Mary Ann Teschan

Prayer for Racial Justice. The Very Rev. Andrew Keyse, Dean of Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral. reading Deuteronomy 17:18-19a. Image credit: Mary Ann Teschan

Prayer for Racial Justice – Sylvia Gaitan, St. Augustine’s, Kansas City, Missouri, reading 2 Chronicles 1:7, 10. Image credit: Mary Ann Teschan

The Rev. Susan Candea Bishop of the Central States Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America addresses the Prayer for Racial Justice event on June 3, 2020. Image credit: Mary Ann Teschan

Prayer for Racial Justice – The Rev. Michael Kern, Central States Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, reading I John 2:10-11. Image credit: Mary Ann Teschan

Prayer for Racial Justice – The Rev. Anteneh Gebreselassie, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Image credit: Mary Ann Teschan

The Rt. Rev. Cathleen Bascom, the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas at the Prayer for Racial Justice event, June 3, 2020. Image credit: Mary Ann Teschan

Prayer for Racial Justice – Stephen Mann, Episcopal Diocese of Kansas. Image credit: Mary Ann Teschan

Prayer for Racial Justice – The Rev. John Spicer, St. Andrew’s, Kansas City, Missouri reads Galatians 3:28. Image credit: Mary Ann Teschan

Prayer for Racial Justice – Rita Kendagor, St. Andrew’s Kansas City, Missouri reading 2 Corinthians 5:18-19. Image credit: Mary Ann Teschan

Prayer for Racial Justice – The Rev. Charles Everson, St. Mary’s Kansas City, Missouri, reads the Litany of Repentance. Image credit: Mary Ann Teschan

Image credit: Mary Ann Teschan

Image credit: Mary Ann Teschan

Prayer for Racial Justice – people attending the June 3 event at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, Kansas City Missouri. Image credit: Mary Ann Teschan

Prayer for Racial Justice – people attending the June 3 event at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, Kansas City Missouri. Image credit: Mary Ann Teschan