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NCC/CWS Statement Calls for Prayer, Unity
Practical Actions in Wake of Attacks

We join all in our nation and world in shock and anger at Tuesday's 
horrific chain of attacks on the
World Trade Center and the Pentagon, claiming yet-uncounted innocent lives. 
In particular, we hold
the families of the victims in our prayers. We acknowledge the grief, sense 
of vulnerability, loss and
fear that result from these attacks.  We condemn these vicious attacks in 
the strongest possible
terms.

  Even as our national sites are under attack, we call on all people to 
manifest the best of our national
spirit. At such a time as this, we must hold together. We call on people of 
faith to reach out to one
another. We especially urge churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses 
of worship to join in
prayer and practical help. We must stand united against the temptation to 
retaliate against innocent
persons.

  We can all pray. We can respond to calls for donations of blood and other 
practical assistance.  In
  this the worst attack on U.S. territory since Pearl Harbor, we must turn 
our eyes to the God of us
all. In Psalm 23, we are promised God's care even "in the presence of our 
enemies." May God guide
us in these days of pain.

  The Rev. Dr. Robert W. Edgar
  General Secretary, National Council of Churches

   The Rev. John L. McCullough
   Executive Director, Church World Service

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