Central gives thanks for quick end to war in Iraq
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Nestor Stewart, an elder at Central Church of Christ, said the entire community — churchgoers and non-churchgoers alike – are invited to attend to celebrate not only the war’s shortness, but the efforts of the military, while hoping for their safe return and celebrating the memories of those who lost their lives.
Stewart, who is co-organizing the event with Charles Bogle, said it is often easy to forget many people prayed for exactly those things not too long ago. It’s time to be thankful, he said. The program is appropriately entitled “Service of Thanksgiving.”
“In times of great anxiety and in the face of danger and so many things that transpire, we fall on our knees and pray and ask. Then, after danger subsides, it is then that we forget all about what we’ve done,” Stewart said.
“We thought the right thing to do was to thank God for his blessing and appreciate the fact that the war didn’t expand and that the loss of life was very minimal, so our nation has a lot to be grateful for.
“And then there was a lot of military people even from Warren County involved in it and so we thought it was the right thing to do and a good thing,” he added.
Services will include patriotic songs and speeches by retired Col. Thomas Vaughn and other members of the community.
Services are set to begin at Central Church of Christ at 101 E. Morford St. at 7 p.m.