In the ten days since the terror attacks in Norway, pastors and church workers have played a major role in caring for survivors and the victims' families.
A series of memorial services is taking place across Cumbria today to remember the victims of the horrific series of shootings in the area on 2 June 2010.
PM David Cameron will visit the Cumbria area later today, as police continue to investigate the killings and local people try to make sense of the outbreak of murderous violence.
Church leaders in Cumbria have come together to pledge their long term support for all affected by the shootings that took place in West Cumbria on Wednesday 2 June.
A US Christian leader has asked a World Council of Churches peacemaking team visiting the United States for assistance to rid his country of the "scourge" of gun violence during the team's September 2007 visit.
Christians across all London's 33 boroughs, including many from the Black Majority Churches, are coming together for a Week of Peace which will look at practical community-based methods for reducing violence throughout the capital.