Cedar Crest holds 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony

On Sunday evening, September 11, Cedar Crest Retirement Community in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, held its annual 9/11 Remembrance ceremony. More than 100 residents attended the special event held outside on campus.

Pastoral Ministries Manager Bert Moore opened the program and recounted the events of September 11, 2001. Those in attendance sang “America the Beautiful” followed by the lighting of 2 candles and an antiphonal reading citing all of those affected by in one way or another the events of that fateful day.

Cedar Crest Chaplain Alan Bowen, Chaplain at Mountainview Gardens, the continuing care neighborhood of Cedar Crest, provided a few minutes of reflection highlighting the photos of all those from New Jersey that lost their lives that day and then led the community in prayer.

The ceremony ended with all those in attendance singing “God Bless America.”

Following the ceremony, those in attendance were encouraged to walk along the main road in Cedar Crest along the luminaries prepared by resident volunteers and reflect on the day.

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Photo 1: Cedar Crest Chaplain Alan Bowen

Photo 2: Luminaries along the main road in Cedar Crest