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Article snippet: SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Tex. — Under heavy clouds and spitting rain, hundreds of people gathered at a baseball field here on Sunday to worship with the survivors of the massacre at the First Baptist Church one week ago. Its pastor, Frank Pomeroy, fought back tears as he delivered his sermon, which emphasized the power of light to triumph over darkness. One of the victims, Annabelle R. Pomeroy, 14, was his daughter. It was the church’s first Sunday service since a masked gunman, Devin P. Kelley, opened fire on parishioners in a methodical shooting that may have lasted as long as seven minutes. The small church on Fourth Street remained closed on Sunday morning, so parishioners and hundreds of guests gathered under a white tent. But in the evening, the church reopened — this time as a memorial. The walls had a fresh coat of white paint and the pews were gone. Folding chairs stood where the victims were said to have been worshiping at the time of the shooting. Red roses with chiffon ribbons rested on the chairs, where the first names of the victims were painted in gold. Dozens of people lined up outside. Yolanda Mora, 62, a friend and neighbor of a victim, Joann Ward, recalled seeing Ms. Ward’s children at the bus stop every morning. “It’s senseless,” Ms. Mora said, sobbing after walking through the church. “I could picture their faces sitting there.” Demetrius Cullors, 42, a truck driver from San Antonio, was with his 11-year-old daughter, Steffanie. “I needed to come ... Link to the full article to read more