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TODAY. >> IT IS NOT GOING TO STOP ME FROM COMING. CHERISE: BRINGING THEIR FAITH AND RESILIENCE, CHURCH GOERS RETURNED IN THE FACE OF LAST WEEK’S VIOLENCE. PARISHIONERS BACK AT THEIR BELOVED CHURCH SUNDAY MORNING. >> VERY DIFFICULT WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THINGS THAT HAPPENED HERE. IT IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE. CHERISE: CHURCH GOERS GREETED EACH OTHER WITH HUGS. THIS WAS THE FIRST SERVICE SINCE ACCUSED GUNMAN DALE HOLLOWAY ALLEGEDLY SHOT BISHOP STANLEY CHOATE AND A BRIDE DURING A WEDDING LAST WEEK. >> PLEASE PRAY FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. I WAS SUPPOSED TO WORK TODAY. THERE WAS NO WAY I WOULD MISS IT. CHERISE: CHURCH GOERS WERE MET BY THREE POLICE OFFICERS STATIONED BY THE DOORS TO PUT MINDS AT EAS >> WE ARE NOT ANTICIPATING ANY ISSUES. WE ARE HERE TO RESTORE SECURITY TO THE COMMUNITY. CHERISE: BISHOP STANLEY CHOATE’S SON, PASTOR LEE CHOATE, LED SUNDAY’S SERVICE, A SERMON PARISHIONERS SAY THEY NEEDED TO HEAR AFTER LAST WEEK. PARISHIONER JACQUELINE CREARY SAYS SHE’S BEEN COMING HERE FOR 24 YEARS AND CALLED THE CONGREGATION CLOSE, DIVERSE AND LOVING. >> AS BELIEVERS, WE CANNOT LET THE ENEMY TAKEOVER. CHERISE: THE SUSPECT FACES MULTIPLE COUNTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING LAST WEEKEND INCLUDING ATTEMPTED MURDER. HE IS DUE IN COURT THIS WEEK FOR A BAIL HEARING

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A week after a shooting during a wedding at New England Pentecostal Ministries in Pelham, parishioners returned for services Sunday, bringing their faith and resilience."I'm not going to let nothing stop me from coming," said parishioner Timothy Carrington.Sunday's service at the church was the first since a man is accused of opening fire during an Oct. 12 wedding, wounding the church's bishop, Stanley Choate, and the bride, Claire McMullen. The groom, Mark Castiglione, was struck in the head with a gun, officials have said. The alleged gunman, 37-year-old Dale Holloway, faces five charges, including attempted murder, first- and second-degree assault, simple assault and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Choate's son, Pastor Lee Choate, led Sunday's service and delivered a sermon that parishioners said they needed to hear. "That's what we needed for healing. It was gorgeous," said church member Jacqueline Creary.The sermon's theme: never giving into fear and loving one another."We didn't let nothing stop us. That's what we are as believers," Creary said. "We can't let the enemy take over."Creary's been coming to the church for 24 years and called the congregation close, diverse and loving.When asked if Choate, the bishop who continues to recover from his injuries, would be proud of Sunday's service, Creary said, "You better believe it."The service saw an added police presence. Churchgoers were met by three officers stationed at the doors. "We're here more to instill a sense of security back into this community," said Pelham police Lt. Anne Perriello.Holloway, the shooting suspect, is due in court for an evidentiary bail hearing later this week.Officials are investigating whether the church shooting is linked to the murder of Luis Garcia, a church minister, earlier this month in Londonderry.