{"id":7293,"date":"2011-09-02T19:40:12","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T23:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=7293"},"modified":"2026-07-19T19:38:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T02:38:00","slug":"rick-warren-911-national-prayer-day-planned-2-blocks-from-ground-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/rick-warren-911-national-prayer-day-planned-2-blocks-from-ground-zero\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Warren: 9\/11 National Prayer Day Planned 2 Blocks From Ground Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Comment from Understand the Times:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Rick Warren&#8217;s P.E.A.C.E. Plan is designed to work together with all religions and Tony Blair who has the Faith Foundation. In light of Warren&#8217;s plan to fill the spiritual vacuum caused by 9-1-1, it would appear Warren will plan that the One World Religion will become even more of a reality. Perhaps he will have Blair ask the pope to head it up with headquarters in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rick Warren: 9\/11 National Prayer Day Planned 2 Blocks From Ground Zero<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A church located two blocks from New York City&#8217;s ground zero, which was planted in Manhattan shortly after the 9\/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S., will be part of the live webcast memorial services led by Orange County, Calif., megachurch pastor Rick Warren. The services will be at least partially broadcast from Lower Manhattan Community Church, one of Saddleback&#8217;s &#8220;daughter churches,&#8221; on the weekend of the 10th anniversary of the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Warren made it obvious to his congregation during weekend services that the decision by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg&#8217;s to exclude any prayers from clergy at ground zero in the upcoming 10th anniversary commemoration of the 9\/11 attacks did not sit well with him. Bloomberg recently stated, &#8220;Everybody would like to participate, and the bottom line is everybody cannot participate. There isn&#8217;t room. There isn&#8217;t time. And in some cases, it&#8217;s just not appropriate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This week the mayor of New York City announced that at the 10th anniversary memorial service at ground zero that there are going to be no prayers,&#8221; Warren said in church, accompanied by a smattering of boos. &#8220;Now, you know what I think about that. So, we are going to have our own nationwide, national prayer day,&#8221; he said to applause. 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