Prayers for First B in Maryville...

I cannot begin to imagine my pastor being shot during Sunday service.  A horror way beyond words.  

A flock reaching out.  A shepherd heeding the call.  

Prayers for a long road to healing just begun.

Texas pastor preaching at Illinois church | AP Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: 

"'I want them to know you get through this,' the Rev. Al Meredith, pastor of Fort Worth's Wedgwood Baptist Church, said of the members of First Baptist Church in Maryville, Ill. 'You'll never get over it, but the rest of God's kingdom around the world is praying for you.'"

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"Meredith said he accepted the Maryville church members' request to preach four services Sunday because "they're a flock without a shepherd." After his church's ordeal, "at least I was there to shepherd the flock," Meredith said.