Jackie Moore, center, is joined by Assistant Principal Rick Hall, left, and Principal Anetta Ferguson as she prays Wednesday evening at Hardy Elementary.HOW TO TAKE PARTTo participate in monthly prayers for the school call Love Fellowship Baptist Church at 622-4479.
Jackie Moore gripped the handle of a classroom door at Hardy Elementary School, bowed her head and asked God to make safe the children who study in that room and in rooms throughout the school. And to help them learn.
As Moore prayed, Principal Anetta Ferguson leaned her head on the door and cried.
“I want the children to have a great day every day regardless of what goes on outside,” she said.
Then she explained her concern for children who are homeless and their struggle to remain in school while not knowing where they are going to sleep at night.