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As airport re-opens, chaplain prays terrorists' victims now in hands of God
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News JIMMY ROSTAR
By
Photos by Joann S. Keane
Associate Edtor
Faith formation
CHARLOTTE
community celebrates
have gone to
his
— Ted Boone
own
could
church on Sept.
14,
a
date President Bush declared a national
ministry
time ofprayer following the worst terrorist ...
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attacks ever in the United States.
But the
building maintenance employee of Char-
lotte/Douglas International Airport called to be with
Many respond to social
traffic
justice call at conference
felt
extended family as the
industry got back to
air
work
Boone was among several dozen people, mostly aircrew members and air-
who
port personnel,
gathered in an out-
doors courtyard at the Charlotte airport ...
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14
for a
noon prayer
'This
service.
future and hope that nothing else like this
ever happens again," said Boone. 'This kind of made
my
me feel
a
and have
little bit better,
prayers go to die families
who
lost someone."
Rev. Mr. Ben Wenning, a permanent
Every Week
deacon of the Charlotte Diocese, serves as the head chaplain at Charlotte/Douglas.
At
10-11
"Have mercy on
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who were .Pages
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in the
wake of the
attacks. all
the holy innocents
tragedy on Tuesday and all of those who are in service to them," he prayed. "Make them worthy to
caught
in the resurrection
"Do not
let
your hearts be
of the dead."
Following readings from Psalm 23 and the Gospel ofJohn, Rev. Mr. Wenning
troubled. You have faith in
God; have
faith also in
me."
14:1
in
the Scriptures that they will one day be
with the Lord.
"We
-John
comfort
place the souls of
were unjustly
all
those
who
on Tuesday in the hands of God," he said. "Now, though we
mourn
killed
for them,
hands for those
we need
whom
he
to be
left.
God's
In prayer
have
lost
said he has coun-
numbers of the mourning
seled countiess
Mandeville, Jamaica, where they are plan-
ning a three-month voluntary teaching Instead,
on
selves joining
this day they found themhands with others outside
after the tragedy, both in the airport
the Charlotte airport, uniting in prayer as
chapel and at his parish,
they recited the
Charlotte.
now
As
Gabriel in
St.
the nation's air
indus-
traffic
grim realities of wrought after four planes were hijacked from U.S. airports Sept. 1 1, Rev. Mr. Wenning said the sorrow has a special deals with the
destruction
poignancy here.
we
understand
said.
"We work
"As airport employees, the basic team concept," he great as a team.
We know we have to play
We function together, and everything
well.
works.
bedded in that ofGod."
A
is
in
em-
your mind a presence
retired air-traffic controller, Rev.
Mr. Wenning
called
on those gathered
to
Our
Father.
"Not only do we need to pray for the persons who have lost loved ones and all the workers, but we need to pray for our government officials because they have a tremendous responsibility of determining who is guilty and what action to take," said Rev. Sites, a retired minister of the United Brethren in Christ Church.
Mossie
tragedy
Sites said the
everyday
in times
of sorrow, but in
many times, when things are gowe forget about what God has done for us and the freedom that we have "So
ing well,
here in America," she
Her husband
said.
agreed. 'It shouldn't be a
day of prayer just today," he
said. "It
work with them
to be a matter of prayer for
all
in this
most
trying of times and in the future. "Let us today th
we
suffered
remember a'
that
—
in
ought
of us at
all
times."
on the
tragedy that should
way we've never been united our work because of the security, in our hearts because we need to carry Christ with us." The Rev. Wilber and Mossie Sites were grounded in Charlotte on their way from their Chambersburg, Pa., home to unite us in a
before
a
life.
carry that sense of God's presence back to
— both
is
painful reminder of the need for a sense of
God, not just ask you in your hearts, based on our
tragedy and the Scripture, that also
1 1
said the faithful can find great
who
stint at a Bible college.
Wenning
Rev. Mr.
in the
share the joys of paradise, for they believed
to be available to
loved ones."
the service which he led, he prayed for
God's healing presence
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Rev. Mr. Ben Wenning presides at a noontime prayer service at Charlotte/ Douglas International Airport. Rev. Mr. Wenning, a permanent deacon for the Diocese of Charlotte, serves as airport chaplain. He conducted the prayer service for airport workers and travelers. Above left, Rev. Mr. Wenning reads from Scripture during the service.
As
the prayer service neared
Rev. Mr.
Wenning prayed
"for
its
close,
comfort in
our sadness, certainty in our doubt and courage through Jesus." And in closing, he offered an invitation to steadfastness:
"God
time to go back to work for yourselves for all
you
do."
bless
—
and for the
you
all.
It's
for Christ
and
airport.
Thanks