NCC Publishes Worship resources for the 10th anniversary of 9/11

[Worldwide Faith News <wfn@igc.org>]

Remembering a time of terror, prayer and resolve;
Worship resources for the 10th anniversary of 9/11

September 1, 2011 ? The terror attacks of

September 11, 2001 ? starkly and universally
abbreviated as 9/11 ? set in motion a worldwide
chain reaction that has not ebbed in the decade that has passed.

The tenth anniversary of 9/11 will be a time of
deep spiritual reflection for all who were
touched by these events, the National Council of
Churches has prepared worship resources for
pastors and churches to use or to modify as they are led.

?For Christians in the U.S. and around the world,
this tenth anniversary will be a time of prayer
and remembrance for those who were lost, as well
as a time for each of us to seek to discern God?s
will for ending the hatred and resentments that
spawned the violence,? said the Rev. Dr. Michael
Kinnamon, NCC general secretary.

The resources include a

<http://www.ncccusa.org/pdfs/911liturgy.pdf>liturgy
prepared by the Rev. Dr. Eileen Lindner, pastor
of the Presbyterian Church at Tenafly, N.J.,
former NCC Deputy General Secretary; and the Rev.
Jon Brown, a Presbyterian minister and Pastor of
Old Bergen Church, Jersey City, N.J.

In addition, the Rev. Carolyn Winfrey Gillette,
co-pastor with her husband Bruce of Limestone
Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, Del., has
written a new
<http://www.ncccusa.org/pdfs/911hymn.pdf>hymn for
use in 9/11 services of remembrance.

http://www.ncccusa.org/news/110901worshipresources.html