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Ideas for 9/11

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I am thinking through some of the things to prepare for the tenth anniversary of 9/11. Since it falls on a Sunday, there are some things to reflect on for our church and we will use that time to truly reflect on our world. But beyond that, I have contemplated what might be some ideas for 9/11 to truly “love our neighbor.”

One idea, since our congregation is right across the street from the public safety building in our town, is to bake cookies or a cake and take it over to our firefighters and police officers. Thank them for their service to our community.

Another idea, since our community has a solid Muslim population, is to visit the local mosque soon to reach out and let them know we refuse to hate and their presence in our community is not a threat to who we are as believers in Jesus Christ.

If the mosque idea is too radical, maybe go out to lunch on 9/11 at a Muslim-owned restaurant.

At any rate, I am still mulling over ideas. Any suggestions?

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  1. debbie Avatar
    debbie

    to verbally say “forgive me, forgive us, for judging you, for not liking you because you are different than me culturally, physically and religiously because of ignorance and intolerance” is a good step. maybe we personally do not hate or think of Muslims as a threat, but some americans do, and some are even christ- believers. – and because of this, , many muslims don’t like us as a whole, here and abroad.

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