Public Invited to Sunday Joplin Community Memorial

Missourians will gather in Joplin, MO, for a community memorial service in the wake of the devastating tornado that truck the city last Sunday. Seating for the public service starts at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, May 29. No tickets are required for the service, which will formally begin at 2 p.m. in the Taylor Performing Arts Center on the campus of Missouri Southern State University.

Clergy from the Joplin area will lead the service, and a local choir will provide musical accompaniment. Gov. Jay Nixon will deliver a message, and President Barack Obama will offer brief remarks.

In the event that the auditorium is full, overflow seating will be available at several other campus facilities, including campus tennis courts, Corley
Auditorium in Webster Hall, Black Box Theater in Taylor Hall and Robert W.
Plaster Free Enterprise Center where a live broadcast of the service can be
seen.

The program also will be streamed via the web on www.more.net. A live feed will be provided to television stations to carry the service. Check local listings for availability. 

Motorists should enter on Newman Road where Missouri National
Guardsmen and local law enforcement will direct them to parking. Handicap
parking is available. Shuttles also will be provided for those who have to park at
a distance.