Area residents are invited to a community worship service to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. The service, titled “Between Memory and Hope,” will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, September 11, 2011, at the Sac City United Methodist Church (corner of 9th & Main in Sac City).
Organizers hope the service will draw worshipers from Sac City and surrounding communities to remember the events of September 11, 2001, to draw hope from Scripture and from Christian tradition, and to spend time in prayer.
“It’s important not to let this anniversary pass by unnoticed,” said Sharla Hulsey, pastor of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and a co-organizer of the event. “Yet as we look back at the tragic events of ten years ago, we also need to ask what God’s will is for us moving forward. Will we be a people of freedom and faith, or of fear?”
The pastors working to organize and lead the service include Vicki Fisher of Sac City United Methodist Church; Randy Russom of First Presbyterian Church of Sac City; Sharla Hulsey of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Sac City; and Wayne Pfannkuch of Lytton Presbyterian Church and Immanuel-St. John’s Lutheran Church of Lytton. Everyone in Sac City and surrounding communities, regardless of church membership, is welcome to attend the service, which will include Communion (open to all). An offering will be received to benefit “Then Feed Just One” (www.thenfeedjustone.org), an organization based in LeMars, Iowa, which packages meals to help feed hungry people throughout the world.
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