Monthly Morning Prayer: Special November morning prayer w/friends who will be at The Peacemaker Summit

Join us for a very special monthly morning prayer w/friends who will be at the Peacemaker Summit.

Mike Martin is the Executive Director and Founder of RAWtools. He lives in Colorado Springs with his partner Hannah and 2 kids. He learned to blacksmith in order to turn guns into garden tools and is trained in restorative practices for High Impact Dialogue, conflict facilitation, and others. He is co-author of Beating Guns, Hope for People who Are Weary of Violence, as well as other curriculums related to gun violence prevention.

Scotty Utz is an Artist Blacksmith with RAWtools South. Scott’s work explores the intersections between theology and craftsmanship; he creates objects and spaces that mingle spirit and material. Sometimes this is a whimsical or functional item, other times it is a focal point in a gathering place, and at other moments it’s in the give and take of a mentoring relationship.

Rev. Sharon Washington Risher, born in Charleston, SC and a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University and Austin (TX) Theological Seminary, is a spokesperson of Everytown Survivor and Moms Demand Gun Sense in America.
On June 17th, 2015, a horrific tragedy happened; Sharon’s mother, Mrs. Ethel Lee Lance, was killed in Charleston, SC, at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Eight others were also killed, including two of Sharon’s cousins and a childhood friend.

Since that fateful day, Sharon has crossed the nation sharing her story of loss, forgiveness, racism, and gun law reforms. She has appeared on CNN, Good Morning America, CBS, NPR, PBS, BBC, and other news outlets; been interviewed by Time¸ Essence, Marie-Claire and others; written for several print outlets including Vogue and VOX. She was a special guest of President Obama for the signing of gun law related Executive Orders.

Sharon is the author of For Such a Time as This: Hope and Forgiveness after the Charleston Massacre.

Monthly Morning Prayer follows the liturgy from Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals and is open to all.