Victoria Matthews

For many of you Bishop Matthews will be a familiar name. She was our Bishop in the Diocese of Edmonton for 10 years I think. She is now the Bishop of Christ Church, NZ, and has had to lead her Diocese through some terrible times with the massive earthquakes they have had. Please keep her and her Diocese in your prayers. Here are some of her reflections in a recent article from the ACC:

In the wake of yet more big jolts in Christchurch, Bishop Victoria Matthews says she fears her clergy are facing "exhaustion of spirit." 

"People are tired. They have been more than magnificent. Let me say that clearly. But I am hearing of a deep weariness of the soul, and I'm having to ask people to reach deep into their resources to meet yet another crisis."