Crosses with special meaning placed at growing memorial for victims at Old National Bank
Outside Old National Bank in downtown Louisville is a growing memorial with crosses in honor of the lives lost on Monday.
Depending on the time of day, you may see support dogs and chaplains offering prayer for those who stop by to pay their respects.
At the steps of the memorial at Old National Bank 맥스카지노 five white wooden crosses along with hearts. Each one symbolizes the life taken from Monday's mass shooting.
"The purpose is to be here for people. Just for a way to express their grief, their sorrow 맥스카지노 however they need to express themselves,"
The crosses are for people to write messages of love and hope, but sometimes, people come here to grieve.
Doug Netherton is with Lutheran Church Charities, the organization responsible for creating the crosses and providing these comfort dogs.
"We wouldn't talk to a lot of people on our probably, but with the dogs here the people approach you, and we're able to talk and pray with people if we need to; whatever the people need," Doug Netherton told 비바카지노 Viva.
This isn't the first mass shooting they have provided their services to. When requested, they travel throughout the country in times of need.
"Unfortunately, we just had these crosses and dogs in Nashville just a couple of weeks ago," Netherton said.
It's not uncommon for people to get emotional thinking about what took place.
Chaplains throughout the country offer some prayer to them, if they would like. Jason Scalzi is with the Billy Graham Evangelist Association.
"What we do is we come into these communities that are broken because the world is broken and provide emotional and spiritual support," Scalzi told 비바카지노 Viva.
Scalzi says those grieving may just need a shoulder to lean on or may need someone to talk to.
"Most of the time, you're listening. You're listening to their heart because they're grieving, and sometimes there are no words that can bring healing other than the ministry of presence and the Lord that brings comfort," Scalzi said.
He and others say prayer is what our grieving community needs right now.
If the families would like, each cross will be given to them so that they can see the kind messages written by dozens of strangers.