St. John's Episcopal Church in Little Silver hosted a candlelight vigil Wednesday night to honor gun violence victims and advocate for peace.

Signs on the church lawn showed the number of people killed in each state by gun violence this year alone.

"We felt that the community should come together because there's a lot of division in the country right now, and we wanted to help the community come together to bring healing and to see if we can make the next step and walk forward in peace," says Rev. Tammy Young.

It's the first year the church has held a gun violence vigil. Church officials say they're open to doing it again next year.