The terrible and tragic loss of life and injury amidst the destruction of the beautiful and hospitable City of Christchurch and its historic Cathedral is hard to assimilate. I feel so sad.  Just last February Gayelene and I visited New Zealand and celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary in this beautiful city and spent time at Christchurch Cathedral. 

The Dean of the Cathedral has been interviewed and the Cathedral before and after the earthquake is pictured, The steeple on the skyline gone, after 130 years. Please pray for the concerns expressed by the Dean and all that the Holy Spirit puts on your heart for the people of Christchurch. 

The dean said the cathedral’s damage was ”devastating … but the most important thing at the moment is not the buildings, it’s the people.”

”And we’ve got to reach out to each other here in Christchurch and Canterbury [province] and do what we can to deal with those who are wounded, those who have been killed, and their families.”

St David’s Cathedral, Hobart, will be open for private prayer as usual from 8.30am to 5pm and with services tomorrow at 8.30am and 10.30am which will include prayer for the people of Christchurch and Canterbury.

An ecumenical Prayer 4 Christchurch will be held at Noon this Sunday at St. David’s Cathedral in concert with St. Mary’s Cathedral.