CHICAGO (WGN) — There are new beginnings on the corner of 79th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. What used to be a corner associated with violence now houses a building called Corner of Life.
Members of New Life Covenant Church Southeast spent Saturday morning ringing bells on Chicago’s South Side. They welcome over 1,000 people to the church’s annual “Prayer on the 9” rally.
“Pastor Hannah teaches us about the sound that is released in the atmosphere and how it can shift things and change things,” Emiko Pope said. “The bells symbolize victory, and it symbolizes a promise.”
This year’s march shifted from its traditional path down 79th Street to recognize transformation in the neighborhood…