Out of Saturday's tragic shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue came a spark of light in Butler: an anonymous bundle of daisies that made its recipient cry.

Ben Vincent, the caretaker and administrative assistant of Butler's Congregation B'nai Abraham, found the flowers sitting outside the place of worship on Main Street on Sunday. To Vincent, the bouquet, which was sent by a member of Grace @ Calvary Lutheran Church in Butler, is symbolic of the kindness and sense of community that's the motivation behind an interfaith service and vigil for the shooting' victims planned for Thursday night.

“When I first saw it, I started to weep,” Vincent said. “It just proved to me that there is still goodness left in the world. That gift was so important to see in this moment.”

In the wake of the fatal shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue, various religious leaders in Butler looked to Cantor Michal Gray-Schaffer, the Butler synagogue's spiritual leader, for direction on how to help. Grace @ Calvary Lutheran Church Pastor Tara Lynn said those discussions resulted in the vigil. Several pastors met Tuesday to nail down details.

“I think a lot of congregations are seeking a way to have a response to the display of hate that came on Saturday,” Lynn said. “We're really seeing an interest from the faith community and the Butler community.”

The flowers Vincent found came from one such member of Lynn's congregation, she confirmed. A small, unsigned note was left with them. It reads “Know that you are loved.”

“One of my congregation members texted me on Saturday and said she wanted to show love to our Jewish neighbors,” Lynn said.

What followed shoved light into Vincent's despair, he said.

“It is such a dark time,” Vincent said. “It's easy to fall into morose thinking. But you see these flowers and it's like a spark of light cutting through the darkness.”

The flowers are displayed inside the synagogue. Vincent said he plans on keeping one daisy in his Bible.

“I needed it at this moment,” he said. “It made me feel safe.”

Speaking about the planned vigil, Gray-Schaffer echoed Vincent.

“Christian clergy members are being more than wonderful and helpful and really reaching out to my community,” Gray-Schaffer said.

“They couldn't be more supportive.”

Gray-Schaffer talked about the vigil on the phone while in a line to enter a funeral for one of the victims in Pittsburgh. She said the line wrapped around the block.

President Donald Trump visited Pittsburgh Tuesday, but several members of the local Jewish community wished that he would wait and visit after the funerals were over, Gray-Schaffer said. She agreed, saying that the mourning was being transformed into a “circus.”

“This is for family and friends to mourn,” Gray-Schaffer said. “If people can't get here that knew the family and knew the brothers, I think it's terrible.”

Trinity Lutheran Church Pastor Joel Benson, another pastor involved in the vigil planning, said the Christian community in Butler is trying to be careful to support their Jewish neighbors in ways that are well-received.

“Even though Butler and Pittsburgh are several miles apart, there's a lot of impact on the Jews here in Butler,” Benson said. “We wanted to be supportive of them in whatever way they want. (Gray-Schaffer) thought a service would be a good idea.”

Shirley Grossman, a member and house chairman at the Butler synagogue, said she's been receiving an outpouring of support in the form of phone calls.

“All the phone calls have been touching,” Grossman said. “You expect your friends to gather around you. But you don't expect strangers to.”

Grossman said that one of the victims who died in the shooting, Rose Mallinger, 97, had visited Butler for the congregation's High Holy Days celebrations in years past. She has relatives attending B'nai Abraham.

“She was such a warm person,” Grossman said.

The vigil and interfaith service is planned for 7 p.m. Thursday at Congregation B'nai Abraham. The synagogue is at 519 N. Main St. in Butler.

Much can be accomplished by such vigils and other showings of compassion, Vincent and Grossman agree.

“Little acts of kindness like this can cure the world,” Vincent said.