MISSION STATEMENT

Alexander M. Filipov died as a result of the tragic events of September 11, 2001. To honor Al’s memory and to promote and espouse the values embodied in his life, the Trinitarian Congregational Church has established the Filipov Memorial Peace & Justice Forum. The purpose of the Forum is to make it possible for the Church to attract a guest authority of national or international repute on international peace, justice or closely related topics to serve as a guest speaker/preacher at a regular Sunday church service designated to mark the anniversary of September 11, 2001 and Al’s tragic death.

Al was an engineer by training, but his family, friends, and fellow parishioners also knew him as a family man, a Deacon, a human rights activist, and a painter, gardener, inventor and storyteller. The lecture/sermon will speak to those issues about which Al cared deeply, and it will demonstrate how a single individual can make a profound impact in the lives of his or her community.