KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- How does a congregation heal when a gunman unloads his rage and takes lives in its sanctuary?

Sunday, West Knoxville's Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church will begin with what members are calling a rededication and re-consecration.

The sign on the church door shows a rainbow, saying everyone welcome.

The teen center next door will handle the overflow, and services will be on TV.

Leaders also are acting to ensure the service's sanctity and members’ privacy.

“Sunday service is reclaiming that space, to put our stamp back on it, and say, ‘we're not gonna be scared here.’”

Five days after the unthinkable, the psychologist in Ted Jones tells him that, he and the body of Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist are deep in the shock stage, but the resolve is clear.

“It's ours. We're gonna have our services as usual, and you're not gonna stop us.”

But one gunman's actions have redefined usual.

Last Sunday's attack violated sanctity.

Jones says, “You're in a worship service, you're watching children, you're opening yourself up, saying this is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen, this is most horrible thing I've ever seen, and that quick transition is a very powerful and difficult thing to overcome.”

So this coming Sunday will be about cleansing and comforting.

The police presence will be smaller than five days ago, but it will be significant.

“We're doing everything we can because that's one of the issues is to decrease the anxiety enough to have a service, without looking over your shoulder.”

Children and teenagers witnessed much of the assault, and parts of the service will address them specifically.

The overriding message is that faith may be shaken, but tenets are as solid as the carved stones that ring the church's roofline. The sermon is likely to acknowledge that no words can go far enough.

“There's so many things on so many levels. I think his opening words are about having the gift to not try to say anything, at least right now.”

sunday's observances will begin with a silent meditation at 9:00 a.m., the service follows at 10:00.

We will stream the service live here on VolunteerTV.com.

It won't be a memorial in the truest sense, because some of the seven wounded may attend.

But most importantly, members say, is taking steps toward normalcy, however unpredictable the journey.