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“Moving Forward Together” - In Remembrance of 9/11

The Faith Forum of Greater Richmond invites you to attend a community forum and discussion, followed by a reception, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church (815 E. Grace St.) on Sunday, September 11th at 4:00 p.m. Thomas A. Silvestri, President and Publisher of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, will offer the keynote address. Lisa Schaffner will be the Master of Ceremonies and there will be a panel of college students – the "voices of Richmond's children" – who were between eight and 11 years old when the attacks on 9/11/2001 took place. Open discussion sessions will follow the panel.

This forum is sponsored by The Faith Forum of Greater Richmond, which is a partnership between the Baptist Collegiate Ministry at Virginia Commonwealth University, Congregation Or Ami, First Baptist Church of Richmond, the Islamic Center of Virginia, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, the University of Richmond Chaplaincy, and the Virginia Muslim Coalition for Public Affairs.

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Other Offerings of Remembrance

A PRAYER PRESENCE ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
St. Paul's will serve as a prayer presence throughout the day on Saturday, September 10. Our doors will open at 10 a.m. for anyone looking for a peaceful refuge for prayer. At 5:00 p.m., there will be a service of music and prayers to remember all those who died on 9/11/2001 and pray for peace. Questions? Contact David Sinden, St. Paul's Minister of Music, at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

"MEMORY AND HOPE ON 9/11" – AN INTERFAITH SERVICE TEN YEARS LATER
After the faith forum at St. Paul's we encourage you to attend a service of prayer at 7:00 p.m. at Temple Beth El (3330 Grove Avenue). Focused on the theme "Memory and Hope," participants in this community-wide service will include Mayor Dwight Jones, Methodist Bishop Charlene Kammerer, Rabbi Martin Beifield, and Imam Ammar Amonette.

A message from the organizers (Rabbi Gary Creditor, Dr. Muhammad Sahli, and the Rev. Fletcher Lowe): 9/11/2001 is a day emblazoned on our hearts and minds and spirits. It has become a defining moment in our national, indeed, our world’s life. Two Sundays after that fateful day, over 900 people of faith from the Richmond Metro area gathered at Temple Beth El to express our solidarity as a community of faith. Five years later the three of us who worked to make that first service happen organized a fifth anniversary service. Now is the significant tenth anniversary. Hence this service.

Click here to download the flyer to share. Questions? Contact the Rev. Fletcher Lowe, St. Paul's Priest-in-Residence, at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

A Message from Our Rector

"Ten Years Later, Moving Forward Together" is the cover letter of the Epistle newsletter, now available to pick up in church or read online. Describing what prompted The Faith Forum of Greater Richmond, our Rector, the Rev. Wallace Adams-Riley, writes:

It is still hard to believe that it all happened. Ten years later, pain, grief, and anger persist. Ten years later, what do we, as people of faith, have to say about the events of September 11, 2001, and the meaning of those events and their aftermath for our world today? More specifically, how do people of different faiths live together in a post-9/11 world?

Over the course of the last year, a group of Richmond faith leaders have been meeting to reflect on these and other related questions. That group has consisted of the Rev. Bill Sachs, Executive Director of the Center for Interfaith Reconciliation in Richmond; Dr. Imad Damaj, President of the Virginia Muslim Coalition for Public Affairs; Imam Ammar Amonette, of the Islamic Center of Virginia; Rabbi Ben Romer, of Congregation Or Ami; the Rev. Jim Somerville, of First Baptist Church, Richmond; the Rev. Craig Kocher, Chaplain of the University of Richmond, and myself.

On Sunday, September 11, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., you are invited to join us and others for a forum to be held at St. Paul’s in the Parish Hall. It will be a time where we talk about our world, our life together, and our future together. May God’s will be done. I have no doubt it will. I hope you’ll join us.

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