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February 28, 2008 Dear NIU friends:
Two weeks ago the Lutheran Campus
Ministry (LCM) staff joined with hundreds of others to pray for
the NIU community. As hundreds of students gathered, I was in
the emergency room walking with families through some very
difficult moments. In the midst of the pain and turmoil, it was
a joy to tell families and friends that the NIU community was
meeting on the corner of Lucinda and Normal and praying for
them. We have been holding nightly prayer vigils since February
14 and tonight our circle becomes complete as we join together
again---on the corner of Lucinda and Normal--for our closing
vigil. We will meet at 10 pm tonight and let our cries, our
sighs and our hearts join together so that we can move toward a
new day.
I know there is another vigil
planned at 9 pm on campus at the MLK commons...members from the
LCM community will go to that vigil and then walk across the
street to Lutheran Campus Ministry for a short prayer on our
corner of the world where the vigils began two weeks ago.
Please join in these moments of prayer...come to one...come to
both of the vigils...through these moments we are, indeed,
walking forward in hope and healing.
Blessings, Diane Dardón, Campus
Pastor,
Lutheran Campus Ministry, located
at the corner of Lucinda and Normal
10:00 pm closing vigil...tonight!
2/28/08
Lutheran Campus Ministry at NIU is doing fine, thanks in a great part to the prayers and material support given to LCM and NIU during the days since the tragedy. Please continue to pray for the NIU community, as the healing process will take weeks and months. In terms of physical and material support, the center does not, at this time, need food or paper products. Thank you to all who have contributed those things; our refrigerator, freezer and storage spaces are joyfully full. May Christ be with you all! Pastor Diane Dardón, Lutheran Campus Ministry at NIU Watch a video of the candlelight vigil at LCM on 2/14/08 Read messages from Pr. Diane Dardón Read Bishop Wollersheim's statement Read messages from caring people all over the world Resources for ministry in times of crisis
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Tragedy Feb. 14, 2008