InterFaith Works Blessing Ceremony from Monday the 16th

Hello Everyone,
Following is and article and pictures from Mondays "Moment of Blessing" for Vanda.
I was told that this was the second largest turn out since InterFaith Works began holding these blessings.

The group is gathered at the beginning of the trail at Churchill Road in Tenino Washington.  When I first arrived I noticed that some flowers and cards had already been left by a large rock at the beginning of the trail.  Additional flowers were brought to this gathering and they were left at the place on the trail where Vanda's life was taken. 


This is an excerpt from the Inter Faith Newsletter
The link
http://www.oly-wa.us/Interfaith/Newsletter.php

INTERFAITH CONNECTION
Published Monthly by Interfaith Works, P.O. Box 1221, Olympia, WA 98507
office@interfaith-works.org (360) 357-7224 www.Interfaith-Works.org

Interfaith Works is an association of congregations, affiliated non-profit organizations and individuals. Our purpose is to promote interfaith understanding, and serve the community through charitable, social and educational endeavors.

MOMENT OF BLESSING FOR HOMICIDE VICTIM
Colleagues, friends, and neighbors of homicide victim Vanda Boone gathered in south Thurston County on a hot August afternoon to honor her memory, and rededicate the area along the Yelm-Tenino Trail where she was killed as a place of peace.
About 75 people attended the August 16 nondenominational service, led by Rev. Carol
McKinley and Barbara Gibson, followed by personal remembrances from Boone's friends and consoling words from local residents who did not know her personally but were deeply affected by her tragic death.
Vanda Boone, 60, who relocated to Yelm from New York just six months ago, was employed at Radiance Herbs & Massage in Olympia and was a student at the Ramtha's
School of Enlightenment in Yelm. Police believe she was abducted on August 8 while walking on the Trail and killed soon after. The suspect, who is in custody, did not know the victim. The Rev. Carol McKinley holds the Memory Stick used at Moments of Blessing ceremonies. Ribbons bearing the names of Thurston County homicide victims since 2005 are tied to the stick.