Zion Cemetery
We are so excited to make Zion Cemetery our service focus for The Rising. We are going to “Live Loud” for four hours on Saturday afternoon of The Rising by engaging this cemetery and giving it our effort, care, and sweat. The cemetery was basically untouched for several decades and we will be joining a recent effort to redeem and restore the cemetery as a gift to our city and so that descendants of the deceased can find their ancestors and connect with and honor their heritage.
Given the delicate nature of tombstones and the sheer size of the cemetery, to make progress requires many hours of manpower. Large equipment or machinery is not possible, so large numbers of people with a focused effort is the solution. Imagine 1,000 of us armed with weed eaters and sickles each working a portion of the land. How awesome that the Rising can give this project some focused manpower, and how incredible that Zion Cemetery gives us a chance to live out the gospel, seek the shalom of the city and serve an oppressed people from generations ago.
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