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Tornillo Prayer
A prayer request from one of the detained teen-agers at the immigration camp in Tornillo, Texas, was translated by a member of Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, TX. Highland Park UMC has sponsored a team that has brought worship to Tornillo. (Photo Courtesy of Rev. Owen Ross).
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Tornillo Prayer Display
Prayers in Spanish and English from teen-agers detained at the Tornillo, Texas, immigration detention camp are displayed at Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas. Highland Park has sponsored an interfaith team including United Methodists that has traveled to the Tornillo camp to bring worship to the youths. (Photo Courtesy of Rev. Owen Ross).
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Tornillo Tents 2
Some 400 teen-agers -- about 360 boys and 40 girls -- are housed in separate units at this immigration detention camp in Tornillo, Texas. (Photo Courtesy of Rev. Owen Ross).
Sponsor of teams to bring worship to detained immigrant teen-agers, Highland Park UMC in Dallas translates the youths' prayer requests into English and posts them for intercession by its members. These photos show an individual prayer and a display of several of the youths' prayers.
The Rev. Owen Ross told United Methodist Insight that the team has been invited back to hold worship again on Sunday, July 22. Volunteers continue to be prepared to travel to the immigration detention center in Tornillo, Texas, on a week-by-week basis as the non-profit operator's contract is extended by the federal government.
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