Tuesday, September 11, 2001

To Our Members and Friends
From the Staff of Children at Worship

We, like you perhaps, wander about our day in a fog born of horror and fear and disbelief. Perhaps there is anger, but we can’t yet touch it. Hope, but it seems out of reach.
 
We look at our work load for the upcoming week and feel so very small and insignificant. We say, perhaps like you, what good is this?
 
We have members and friends in New York and Boston, and Washington. Some of them we have not yet been able to contact. We know that you do, too. We would like to hear about them, about you. Your own reflections and prayers. We will post them on this website.

PRAYER:

Holy God we are powerless in so many ways. Help those whom we cannot reach. Bring comfort to those who seem beyond consoling.
 
Give us courage to hold fast to our vision of union and peace, the vision of building inclusive community. Show us the value of taking one step, small though it may seem, and then another step.
 
Give us courage to trust and to release ourselves to your unfailing love.
 
Amen

There are many organizations that are gathering Resources to help adults talk with children. We have collected a few that we've discovered and/or received, and we pass them along. We will add to the list as we discover more. As always, with outside resources, use what makes sense to you and your community, and let go of the rest. There are no right answers. Click Here.

Children At Worship also offers an Intergenerational Art Project that is designed to address the need to express and articulate the horror and fear and rage in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks. It’s a project that can continue and evolve over time, as the concerns of the community evolve. Click Here.