Another opportunity to honor those Americans who have died in Iraq will occur this Sunday. FaithfulAmerica.org reports:

This Sunday in Crawford, Texas, several clergy from around the nation will join Cindy Sheehan, fellow Gold Star Families, and supporters, in a service of prayer outside the President's ranch. It will be the final Sabbath before President Bush ends his five-week vacation and heads back to the White House.

The Vacation Will End – but the Vigil Will Not!

FaithfulAmerica is asking for your help to keep the vigil alive. We need you in two important ways:

1) Ringing in Remembrance: If you are part of a faith community, please join us in a nationwide commitment. Beginning this Sunday and continuing every Sabbath we ask your faith community to remember our nation's fallen soldiers and their families by tolling your bell* – once for every one who has died in the previous week. We will provide you with details and options for your faith community. Let us all pause to remember their sacrifice, to remember their families as we seek God's help in sharing the burdens of Cindy Sheehan, Celeste Zappala, and the other Gold Star Families “Why did our sons and daughters die in this war?”

2) Financial Support: We need your assistance to help keep this vigil alive across the nation. Together let's help insure that the message of peace will continue after Camp Casey is gone. Through regular contact, local speaking events with Celeste Zappala and other Gold Star mothers, and upcoming events in Washington, DC, FaithfulAmerica will continue to keep our attention focused on the well-being of our heroic men and women in uniform and the families who worry about them every day.

To date nearly 1,900 U.S. soldiers have been killed, more than 15,000 have been maimed and wounded, and untold numbers of Iraqi innocents have died tragic, violent deaths. Such sacrifice demands answers. Let us help Cindy Sheehan, Celeste Zappala, their families, and every citizen receive a fair hearing.

Please do what you can to help.