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. (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 the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sally Fiore of Glen places a stone from the Berlin Wall (given by a neighbor who was there when the wall fell) on the peace cairn for Ukraine in North Conway’s Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope. (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. (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. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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. (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 the building of a "peace cairn." (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sally Fiore of Glen places a stone from the Berlin Wall (given by a neighbor who was there when the wall fell) on the peace cairn for Ukraine in North Conway’s Schouler Park on Sunday. Many people turned out for the event organized by Clergy of the Eastern Slope. (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. (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. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
CONWAY — Just over 100 people gathered Sunday for a prayer vigil for peace for Ukraine in North Conway’s Schouler Park, with two Ukrainian students from Fryeburg Academy among them. It was organized by the Clergy of the Eastern Slope, which included the Rev. John Hughes of the Conway Village Congregational Church; the Rev. Mary Edes of Silver Lake; the Rev. John Hogue of the First Church of Christ, Congregational; the Rev. Nathan Hall of Lutheran Church of the Nativity; and the Rev. Gail Doktor of Jackson Community Church.
Edes and the Silver Lake Singers performed “Where There Is Light,” “This Is My Song (Finlandia),” “In Dangerous Times” and “Let There Be Peace On Earth,” with attendees joining in.
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