19 Sep 9/11 At Our Church: Monroe, Ind.

Troy Green, senior pastor, Monroe UB church (Monroe, Ind.)

We began our service with a video using pictures of September 11, 2001, set to the music of Alan Jackson’s song “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning.” Following this video we entered into a time of reflection on how God has worked “good” even in times in our nation’s history that were meant for evil.

Our theme for the day was “Hope.” We sang songs like “My Hope is in the Lord,” “Because He Lives,” and “Jesus Messiah,” while posting various scriptures relating to hope in between the songs for people to read and meditate on.

The message was delivered from Sujo John, who was in the north tower on that day and whose preganant wife was to be in the south tower. He told his story of how he saw God work at ground zero. Sujo quit working his job at the Twin Towers and now travels around the world sharing God’s message of love and grace and forgiveness for all mankind.

We had 101 people in attendance with 16 visitors. The gospel message was presented by Sujo, and Pastor Troy commented on how this could also be a day to remember if anyone would accept Jesus as their personal Savior. We closed the service singing “Still.”