{"id":397,"date":"2011-02-25T10:33:32","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T16:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/?p=397"},"modified":"2011-08-18T14:44:28","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T20:44:28","slug":"new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand: Though The Building Crumbles The Church Stands"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"

ACT Alliance photo credit: www.flickr.com\/photos\/geoftheref<\/p><\/div>\n

The above title is based on a report by Linda Macqueen of the Lutheran Church of Australia’s Lutheran magazine on the aftermath of a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Christchurch, New Zealand. It is in reference to the congregation of St. Paul’s Lutheran in Christchurch, who will be meeting for worship Sunday outside of their building which has been declared unsafe to enter. They are hoped to be joined in prayer by Lutherans and other Christians throughout the world as the Lutheran Church of New Zealand’s president, Rev. Robert Erickson, calls for this Sunday to be a day of prayer for those affected and those working for on their behalf.<\/p>\n

Though this title is in reference to a single, and powerful, act of worship at St. Pauls, it can aptly describe the role of the church overall. As reports slowly roll out because of lack of electricity and communication they are filled with pieces about how people are serving the neighbor and being served by the neighbor in their time of need. I have read about Australian doctors, in Christchurch for a convention, who are without shelter or water but are still finding ways to serve, of Church World Services finding ways to stay in communication and continue to serve the population even though they do not have access to their downtown offices, of pastor David Lipsys who was on the Northern island of New Zealand at the time of the quake and is trying to find a way back to be with his wife and congregation in their time of need, and so on.<\/p>\n

Part of what is so amazing is that this area is still recovering from the aftermath of an earthquake that struck earlier in September of last year. Through it all they have continued to be strong and even to increase their support of brothers and sisters around the world in places like Haiti, Chile and Pakistan who have also been struck by natural disasters. \u00a0So hopefully this Sunday you will be able to say a prayer for the people of Christchurch and the surrounding area as they continue to find ways of living into and through God’s grace amidst tragedy. For though the building crumbles, the church still stands.<\/p>\n

————-
\nGifts to ELCA International Disaster Response allow the church to respond globally in times of need. Donate now.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The above title is based on a report by Linda Macqueen of the Lutheran Church of Australia’s Lutheran magazine on the aftermath of a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Christchurch, New Zealand. It is in reference to the congregation of St. Paul’s Lutheran in Christchurch, who will be meeting for worship Sunday outside of their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5356],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-zealand"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNew Zealand: Though The Building Crumbles The Church Stands - Lutheran Disaster Response<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Zealand: Though The Building Crumbles The Church Stands - Lutheran Disaster Response\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The above title is based on a report by Linda Macqueen of the Lutheran Church of Australia’s Lutheran magazine on the aftermath of a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Christchurch, New Zealand. It is in reference to the congregation of St. Paul’s Lutheran in Christchurch, who will be meeting for worship Sunday outside of their […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lutheran Disaster Response\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-02-25T16:33:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-08-18T20:44:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.actalliance.org\/gallery\/asia\/new-zealand\/2011_02-christchurch-earthquake\/shops-geoftheref.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matthew Ley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matthew Ley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matthew Ley\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d34a6e1ec5418a211c6f0a6cb8a8f8fc\"},\"headline\":\"New Zealand: Though The Building Crumbles The Church Stands\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-25T16:33:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-08-18T20:44:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":421,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.actalliance.org\\\/gallery\\\/asia\\\/new-zealand\\\/2011_02-christchurch-earthquake\\\/shops-geoftheref.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"New Zealand\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\\\/\",\"name\":\"New Zealand: Though The Building Crumbles The Church Stands - Lutheran Disaster Response\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.actalliance.org\\\/gallery\\\/asia\\\/new-zealand\\\/2011_02-christchurch-earthquake\\\/shops-geoftheref.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-25T16:33:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-08-18T20:44:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d34a6e1ec5418a211c6f0a6cb8a8f8fc\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.actalliance.org\\\/gallery\\\/asia\\\/new-zealand\\\/2011_02-christchurch-earthquake\\\/shops-geoftheref.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.actalliance.org\\\/gallery\\\/asia\\\/new-zealand\\\/2011_02-christchurch-earthquake\\\/shops-geoftheref.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New Zealand: Though The Building Crumbles The Church Stands\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lutheran Disaster Response\",\"description\":\"Lutheran Disaster Response shares hope, healing and renewal with people before, during and after disasters.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d34a6e1ec5418a211c6f0a6cb8a8f8fc\",\"name\":\"Matthew Ley\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/75c3546f9df229f01a745a4fd641682c2955d0ddb623fff1561215edb72e2398?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/75c3546f9df229f01a745a4fd641682c2955d0ddb623fff1561215edb72e2398?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/75c3546f9df229f01a745a4fd641682c2955d0ddb623fff1561215edb72e2398?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Matthew Ley\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/disasterresponse\\\/author\\\/matt\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New Zealand: Though The Building Crumbles The Church Stands - Lutheran Disaster Response","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New Zealand: Though The Building Crumbles The Church Stands - Lutheran Disaster Response","og_description":"The above title is based on a report by Linda Macqueen of the Lutheran Church of Australia’s Lutheran magazine on the aftermath of a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Christchurch, New Zealand. It is in reference to the congregation of St. Paul’s Lutheran in Christchurch, who will be meeting for worship Sunday outside of their […]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\/","og_site_name":"Lutheran Disaster Response","article_published_time":"2011-02-25T16:33:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2011-08-18T20:44:28+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.actalliance.org\/gallery\/asia\/new-zealand\/2011_02-christchurch-earthquake\/shops-geoftheref.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Matthew Ley","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matthew Ley","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\/"},"author":{"name":"Matthew Ley","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/#\/schema\/person\/d34a6e1ec5418a211c6f0a6cb8a8f8fc"},"headline":"New Zealand: Though The Building Crumbles The Church Stands","datePublished":"2011-02-25T16:33:32+00:00","dateModified":"2011-08-18T20:44:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\/"},"wordCount":421,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.actalliance.org\/gallery\/asia\/new-zealand\/2011_02-christchurch-earthquake\/shops-geoftheref.jpg","articleSection":["New Zealand"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\/","name":"New Zealand: Though The Building Crumbles The Church Stands - Lutheran Disaster Response","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.actalliance.org\/gallery\/asia\/new-zealand\/2011_02-christchurch-earthquake\/shops-geoftheref.jpg","datePublished":"2011-02-25T16:33:32+00:00","dateModified":"2011-08-18T20:44:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/#\/schema\/person\/d34a6e1ec5418a211c6f0a6cb8a8f8fc"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.actalliance.org\/gallery\/asia\/new-zealand\/2011_02-christchurch-earthquake\/shops-geoftheref.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.actalliance.org\/gallery\/asia\/new-zealand\/2011_02-christchurch-earthquake\/shops-geoftheref.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/new-zealand-though-the-building-crumbles-the-church-stands\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New Zealand: Though The Building Crumbles The Church Stands"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/","name":"Lutheran Disaster Response","description":"Lutheran Disaster Response shares hope, healing and renewal with people before, during and after disasters.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/#\/schema\/person\/d34a6e1ec5418a211c6f0a6cb8a8f8fc","name":"Matthew Ley","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/75c3546f9df229f01a745a4fd641682c2955d0ddb623fff1561215edb72e2398?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/75c3546f9df229f01a745a4fd641682c2955d0ddb623fff1561215edb72e2398?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/75c3546f9df229f01a745a4fd641682c2955d0ddb623fff1561215edb72e2398?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Matthew Ley"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/author\/matt\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":399,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions\/399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}