The 1925 Santa Barbara Earthquake Centennial Interfaith Prayer Service brought together a diverse group on the steps of the Santa Barbara Mission to remember the 11 people who perished in the June 29, 1925 earthquake.
The Standing Together in Times of Crisis service was attended by local residents, church leaders, city and state officials, historian Neal Graffy and Santa Barbara Poet Laureate George Yatchisin.
Also participating were members of the EQ25 Alliance steering committee members Steve Hausz, Denis Doordan, Bonnie Carroll, Betsy Green, Joe deLise, John Margolis, Jonathan Smith, Keith Butler, Mary Lou Days, Neal Graffy, Pat Saley, Roman Baratiak, Rick Closson, and other volunteers.
Graffy, Fr. Joe Schwab OFM, president, Old Mission Santa Barbara, and Fr. Dan Lackie OFM, pastor, St. Barbara Parish at Old Mission Santa Barbara welcomed guests and made introductions to area interfaith church leaders.
Reflections and remembrances were offered by Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto, Barbareno Chumash elder; Rabbi Daniel Brenner, associate rabbi, Congregation B’nai B’rith; Thepo Tulku, Santa Barbara Summit for Tibet; Rev. Elizabeth A. Molitors, rector, Trinity Episcopal Church; Robb Fuesler, senior pastor, First United Methodist Church; Wendy Sims Moten, representing Pastor Elbert Sherrod, African American Methodist Church and Frank Leon, Unity Church…