Amid singing and prayer, a communitywide memorial service remembering the victims of the Charleston church shootings got underway Friday in a sports arena a few blocks from Emanuel AME Church. The stage was lined with pictures of the nine Emanuel AME victims, the words "Still Speaking from Eternity" above each picture. As the service got underway, church leaders walked down the aisle to the stage as a choir sang. Smaller services later Friday at Emanuel AME are among about two dozen events marking the anniversary of the shootings during the coming days. The service marked the one-year anniversary of the shootings that claimed the lives of nine parishioners during a Bible study at the historic black church.

Source: Fox News June 17, 2016 07:53 UTC