Diocesan News07 Jun 05

Bishop of Derrry and Raphoe leads prayers for Chris McElhinney and James McKinley

4 June 2005

The Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, the Rt Revd Ken Good, leads prayers at the funeral service of Chris McElhinney and James McKinley

At the Funeral Service for Chris McElhinney and James McKinley in Holy Trinity Church of Ireland Church, Dunfanaghy, Bishop Good led the prayers, and prefaced them by saying:

?The sudden and tragic loss of Chris and James has been a devastating blow for their families and for all of us. It has highlighted again the slenderness of the thread which separates life from death, and the suddenness with which that thread can be broken.

I wanted to be present at this service today to convey to Robert John & Roberta,
to Willie and Gloria and to your families my personal support and prayers at this time of pain and loss.

I have also come to assure you and the wider McElhinney and McKinley families that countless numbers of people throughout the diocese, and far beyond, are with you in heart and in spirit. We are all deeply conscious of your loss, and we wish you to know of our love, our goodwill and our support. We remind you that you are surrounded, and I hope strengthened, by the prayers of many, many people.?