Here are some photos from the prayer vigil for peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday, organized by the Clergy of the Eastern Slope. Just over 100 people gathered for prayers and readings by local religious leaders, singing led by the Silver Lake Singers, and the building of a "peace cairn" of stones.Â
The Silver Lake Singers lead the crowd in singing "Let There Be Peace on Earth" after the construction of the peace cairn at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Ellen Farnum (center) joins hands with her fellow Silver Lake Singers and other attendees to close out the event with a song at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Silver Lake Singers and other attendees join hands to close out the event with a song at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sue Hoople of Freedom holds sunflowers, Ukraine's national flower, while listening to speakers at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sally Fiore of Glen places a stone from the Berlin Wall (given to her by a neighbor who was present when the wall fell) on the peace cairn at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
People place their stones on the peace cairn at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
People place their stones on the peace cairn at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Rev. Mary Edes (center) and the Silver Lake Singers sing "Where There is Light" to begin the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Rev. Mary Edes (center) and the Silver Lake Singers sing "Where There is Light" to begin the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Rev. Ann Cady of the Episcopal Church, wrapped in blue and yellow, delivers a prayer at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Rev. John Hughes of the Conway Village Congregational Church (right) welcomes the crowd at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Barbara Lubin of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Tamworth speaks at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Pastor Gerry Tilton speaks at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Rev. John Hughes of the Conway Village Congregational Church welcomes the crowd at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Rev. John Hughes of the Conway Village Congregational Church (right) welcomes the crowd at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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The Silver Lake Singers lead the crowd in singing "Let There Be Peace on Earth" after the construction of the peace cairn at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Ellen Farnum (center) joins hands with her fellow Silver Lake Singers and other attendees to close out the event with a song at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Silver Lake Singers and other attendees join hands to close out the event with a song at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sue Hoople of Freedom holds sunflowers, Ukraine's national flower, while listening to speakers at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sally Fiore of Glen places a stone from the Berlin Wall (given to her by a neighbor who was present when the wall fell) on the peace cairn at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
People place their stones on the peace cairn at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
People place their stones on the peace cairn at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Rev. Mary Edes (center) and the Silver Lake Singers sing "Where There is Light" to begin the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Rev. Mary Edes (center) and the Silver Lake Singers sing "Where There is Light" to begin the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Rev. Ann Cady of the Episcopal Church, wrapped in blue and yellow, delivers a prayer at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Rev. John Hughes of the Conway Village Congregational Church (right) welcomes the crowd at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Barbara Lubin of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Tamworth speaks at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Pastor Gerry Tilton speaks at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Rev. John Hughes of the Conway Village Congregational Church welcomes the crowd at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Rev. John Hughes of the Conway Village Congregational Church (right) welcomes the crowd at the Vigil of Peace for Ukraine in North Conway's Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event, organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included singing, prayers and words of solidarity, and the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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