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UPDATED: 9/11 Service Before Soccer Final Today

Sat, Sep 10, 2011

As the 10th anniversary approaches, HCS, the village and Colgate plan remembrances of the 9/11 attacks.

UPDATED: 9/11 Service Before Soccer Final Today

UPDATE: The 10th anniversary of tragedies of 9/11/2001 will be recognized between the championship games of the Hamilton Optimists Soccer Tournament today.

There will be a ceremony of remembrance at 7 p.m. before HCS plays Holland Patent in the championship game. Members of area first responders corps will participate.

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Two services of remembrance will be held next weekend to observe the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the crash of United Flight 93 in rural Pennsylvania.

A service is planned for 2 p.m. at Colgate's Memorial Chapel and one is set for Sunday at 7 p.m. at the First Baptist Church.

In addition to the 2 p.m. service at the chapel, Colgate will:

  • Hold an afternoon of service at the COVE;
  • Host a community dinner at Merrill House. Keynote speaker is Jane Pinchin, who was interim president at the time of the 9/11 attacks.

Sunday, at 7 p.m. members of the Hamilton Village Area Clergy will sponsor the interfaith service of remembrance and  reflection at the First Baptist Church.

As part of the evening there will be singing, prayers, Scripture readings and personal reflections from the congregation. The service will focus on healing and hope.

Host pastor, Rev. Wes Smith said, "This is an opportunity for our entire community to come together to share hope and to offer thanks to God for the blessings we share as a great Nation, and world-wide family."

Rebecca Shiner, associate professor of psychology at Colgate, shared this event beign held in Utica:

Greater Utica Choral Society will present a free performance of the Requiem of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on Sunday, September 11th at 3:00 p.m. at Grace Church, 6 Elizabeth Street, Utica, as a memorial tribute to the victims and rescuers lost 10 years ago.Music Director Charles Schneider will conduct a combined chorus of over 100 voices that will include many members of local choirs, as well as members of the Catskill Choral Society from Oneonta, members of the SUCO (Oneonta) and SUNY (Albany) choruses and the Pro Musica choir from Albany. The soloists will be J.C. Adair, soprano; Jennifer Snyder, mezzo-soprano, Arthur Durando, tenor; and David Kolb, bass. Andrew Russo will perform the piano accompaniment

The Rome Research Site Honor Guard, Air Force Research Laboratory, coordinated by Second Lieutenant David Hunt, will present the colors. Rabbi Henry Bamberger, Sakib Duracak, President of the Muslim Community Association of Mohawk Valley, and the Rev. Dr. Janet Hoover from the New Hartford Presbyterian Church will offer brief meditations.

The service will will also remember those in our area who suffered the loss of a loved one on that day. For more information, contact Charles Schneider at 792-9199, or csbaton@yahoo.com.

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