Lacey Scroggins joined by families of the Oregon shooting victims in church services

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Lacey Scroggins was in the classroom when the gunman opened fire
She sat in the front row at Roseburg's New Beginnings Church on Sunday
Her father and pastor Randy Scroggins was tearful as he spoke about her
The grandparents of Rebecka Carnes, an 18-year-old killed in the rampage were applauded as they walked into the church

Published: 17:35 EST, 4 October 2015 | Updated: 01:07 EST, 5 October 2015

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An 18-year-old student who survived the Oregon classroom shooting by playing dead joined families of the massacre victims as residents attended emotional church services across the town.

Lacey Scroggins, who managed to make it out of Umqua Community College alive on Thursday, was in the front row at the New Beginnings Church of God in Roseburg on Sunday.

Her father, Randy Scroggins, is pastor of the church.

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Lacey Scroggins (right), a survivor of the shooting at Umqua Community College in Oregon last week, embraces another woman during a church service at the New Beginnings Church of God

She is comforted by her mother Lisa Scroggins as she wipes a tear from her eye during the service

Another woman places her hand on her face and comforts her ahead of the emotional sermon

The daughter wiped away tears as her father told the story of how she survived as the gunman slaughtered her classmates.

Also at the service were the grandparents of Rebecka Carnes, an 18-year-old killed in the rampage. Everyone in the church stood and applauded them.

The shooting spree that killed eight college students and a teacher was the topic of sermons in churches throughout Roseburg on Sunday as the community tries to heal from the tragedy.

The gunman had already shot several students at close range when he stood inches from Lacey Scroggins and demanded she stand.

It was only the fourth day of community college for Lacey Scroggins.

She was facing a test no education could prepare her for as she laid face down, her head tucked between her outstretched arms among dead and dying classmates.

Sarah Mosley cries during a church service at the New Beginnings Church of God on Sunday

A man prays during the emotionally-charged service as residents of the community try and recover just days after the massacre

Pastor Craig Schlesinger wipes his eyes as he talks about the fatal shootings at Umpqua Community College which left nine people dead

Parishioners bow their heads as they pray for the victims of the fatal shootings at the hands of gunman Christopher Harper-Mercer

Courtney Moss (right) is comforted by Wyndee Konopaski, a member of the Valley Garden Church prayer team. Prayers were said for the victims of the fatal shooting at Umpqua Community College on Thursday

Sunlight filtered through a red stained glass window illuminates seven-year-old Noah Cunnington as he prays with his mother, Ashley Cunnington, at the Hucrest Community Church of God

Scroggins could hear someone gurgling and she felt the weight of fellow student Treven Anspach, 20, pressed against her as his blood flowed into her clothing. Anspach would be among the dead.

She prayed and played dead. The killer stepped over her and shot someone else.

In a rampage lasting about 10 minutes, Christopher Harper-Mercer took nine lives Thursday morning before killing himself as officers closed in, placing Roseburg among settings infamous for inexplicable violence.

Randy Scroggins, a pastor at the church, cries as he talks about is daughter Lacey Scroggins during a service on Saturday in Roseburg

He rests his hand against the wall. He delivered his sermon just after speaking on the phone to the mother of a man who had been shot and killed by Mercer