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September 11th - 10 years later

Many spiritual communities are hosting memorial events to mark this day. Below is a listing of a few local programs. Resources from diverse faith perspectives are posted at the end of this article.

From Fear to Friendship: To honor 9/11 victims, their families and first responders
Sunday, September 11, 4:30-8:30pm
Muslim Community Association, 3003 Scott Blvd., Santa Clara, 95054 
The program will include dinner and discussion, children's event and candle-lighting.  Speakers include the Rev. James Lawson, Imam Alaeddin Elbakri, Supervisor Dave Cortese, and others.  Presented by American Muslim Voice, Muslim Community Association, and the Northern California Islamic Council.  Free.  RSVP required to info@norcalcouncil.org.  Multifaith Voices for Peace & Justice is pleased to be a cosponsor.  Click here for more information.

9/11: Mark the Moment and Make a Promise for Peace
Sunday, September 11, 5pm
Chapel of Trinity Episcopal Church, 330 Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park
Everyone of every age is invited to this simple service of remembrance, reconciliation and promise.  The liturgy will come from a movement to pray for peace especially within the household of Abraham, Hagar and Sarah (the ancestors of Judaism, Christinity and Islam).  We will conclude our time by gathering around the Peace Pole and making a promise to love and respect one another and together build a path to peace.

Click here for a great list of resources marking this date from Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Unitarian and multifaith organizations.  Thanks to the National Religious Campaign Against Torture for compiling this list!

From the Praying for Peace Initiative:

May our enemy become our friend, O God, that we may share earth's goodness.
May our enemy become our friend, O God, that our children may meet and marry.
May our enemy become our friend, O God, that we may remember our shared birth in you.
May we grow in grace may we grow in gratitude may we grow in wisdom that our enemy may become our friend.

(Praying with the Earth: A Prayer Book for Peace, 2011)



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