Bucking health orders, Windsor church members to rally at Toronto's 'Worship Protest'
"These are terrifying days." Members of a Windsor church are going to a protest rally Sunday in Toronto, a city currently in lockdown.
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“We will stand in solidarity with churches in Toronto and Peel,” said Rock, who is aware of church members from at least Windsor, Toronto, Alliston and Waterloo going to the protest.
“These are terrifying days for people. To be locked out of church would be really, really bad news,” he said.
“These are traumatic times. Suicide rates are up, and we are not talking about that. We are not talking about the desperation of people losing their businesses,” he said, adding that the church as gathering place is vital at a time like this.
“Socially and spiritually, I am also a front-line worker,” said Rock. Church leaders, he said, provide emotional and other support to the vulnerable, the sick and discouraged and those struggling with poverty, and they help combat isolation and fear in the community. Zoom can’t replace that outreach, he said.
