“At 9:30 on December 14, everything changed except the hope we have been given in Jesus,” said the Rev. Rob Morris, whose community was rocked by the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Conn., that killed six staff members and 20 first-graders. Morris, pastor at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Newtown, spoke at the banquet and informally during the conference. (LCMS Communications/Amanda Booth)
