A week before the Silence the Violence March took place at the end of June, Pastor Barry Randolph received an email from Jared Krupnick of the group, Action for Gun Safety, in regard to learning more about the work the Church of the Messiah was doing around gun safety through the march and other ventures.
This email exchange led to several phone calls and eventually an invitation to the march to see the work in person. Jared accepted and booked a flight to Detroit. His plans were to see the work of Islandview up close and determine if he could use his connections to do more.
