“Faith & Blue” event scheduled for this Sunday in Lansing

The Lansing/New Albin Police Department, in partnership with Center Baptist Church and Lansing United Methodist Church Youth Ministry, will be hosting a second Faith & Blue event this Sunday, October 8 at the Lansing City Park, located at 451 South Front Street. The event is being held as part of the National Faith & Blue Weekend taking place across the United States this weekend, October 6-9, and it is open to everyone. The inaugural event was held last year in early October.

The event will feature a picnic lunch and live musical entertainment from 1-3 p.m. Sunday. There will also be some personal testimonies of faith from local Law Enforcement Officers. Free will donations will be accepted, with 100% of those proceeds being distributed to local food banks.

Faith & Blue was launched to facilitate safer, stronger, more just and unified communities by directly enabling local partnerships among law enforcement professionals, residents, businesses and community groups through the connections of local faith-based organizations. At the heart of this initiative is the reinforcement of connections between law enforcement professionals and the communities they serve through the reach of houses of worship, with the idea that there is no resource that can match the depth of the faith community in facilitating productive engagement with law enforcement.

The foundation of the Faith & Blue initiative is the premise that communities are stronger and safer when residents and law enforcement professionals can relate as ordinary people with shared values, hopes and dreams. More information can be found at www.faithandblue.org.