Some in Conn. town couple activism with mourning

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by Laura Matovina

Story Created: Dec 25, 2012 at 7:24 AM CDT

Story Updated: Dec 25, 2012

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- People sharing in Newtown's mourning have brought handmade snowflakes and cards to the town, as residents prepare to observe Christmas less than two weeks after a gunman killed 20 children and six educators at an elementary school.

Small empty Christmas stockings with the victims' names on them hang from trees in the neighborhood where the children were shot. On Christmas Eve, residents said they would light luminaries outside their homes in memory of the victims.

Several hundred people attended Christmas Eve services at Trinity Episcopal Church, less than 2 miles from the school.

Pastor Kathie Adams-Shepherd led the congregation in praying "that the joy and consolation of the wonderful counselor might enliven all," especially those families affected by the shootings in Sandy Hook.

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