09/11/2001 - 09/11/2017 16 Years

A Prayer for the 15th Anniversary of 9/11
By the Rev Jeremy Pridgeon(no, he is not the pastor of our church, our pastor just decided to use his prayer)

O God, our hope and refuge.
in our distress we come quickly to you.
Shock and horror of that tragic day have subsided,
replaced now with an emptiness,
a longing for an innocence lost.
We come remembering those who lost their lives
in New York, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania.
We are mindful of the sacrifice of public servants
who demonstrated the greatest love of all
by laying down their lives for friends.
We commit their souls to your eternal care
and celebrate their gifts to a fallen humanity.
We come remembering and we come in hope,
not in ourselves, but in you.
As foundations we once thought secure have been shaken,
we are reminded of the illusion of security.
In commemorating this tragedy,
we give you thanks for your presence
in our time of need
and we seek to worship you in Spirit and in truth,
our guide and our guardian, AMEN
(The Rev. Jeremy Pridgeon is District Superintendent of the Pensacola District of the Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference)

Danielle Kousoilis went all through school from Kindergarten through 12th grade with my brother. She graduated from my highschool and Villanova with honors. She was vice president of the Cantor Fitzgerald brokerage. She was on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center, North Tower.

Lest we forget.