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shared in an interfaith worship serv- ite of prayer. promise, and reconcili- ation We sought to lift up and affirm the various healing promises" that we share in our many faith tradi- tions. In response to that event, more than 100 groups and individuals have joined MAJIC and committed them- selves to pursuing a more just com- munity for all Our membership is varied It in- cludes representatives from the United Methodist Church, the South- ern Christian Leadership Conference, the Roman Catholic Church, Greater Birmingham Ministries. Temple Emanu-El, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the United Church of Christ, Clergy That Care, the NAACP. the Southern Baptist Convention, the Southern Organizing Committee, the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the l'nitarian Church. the National Bap- tist !"ol".ventiori. and the Episcopil Cliiirch. Our hope is that many other groups will be added, along with in- terested individuals. In the meantime, we are seeking to be faithful to the call of justice and to live out that faithfulness in the City we love, a city endowed with much rich symbolism in the crucial areas of human relationships and so- cial justice. MAJIC wants to provide an on- going forum for the responsible dis- cussion 0f community issues that have an impact on the diverse com- munities of Birmingham. And we want to promote active, reliable ways for concerned groups and indi- viduals to respond. My personal hope for the future is that We have no more days like that tragic Sept. 15 of long ago. One way to ensure that reality is to strengthen and broaden and deepen the work of M.»92.IlC in the days ahead. _ Won't you join us" NEWS FlLE PHOTL. The damage 30 years ago at Sixteenth Street Baptist.