 On April 19, 1995 the Murrah building was destroyed by a bombing.Moody and the diocesan staff assisted in the evacuation of residents from a housing development across from the Diocesan offices, provided pastoral assistance in a nearby hospital, and in the days following the blast the distribution of over $500,000 to those in financial need as a result of the bombing.The former rector of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Grand Junction, Colorado, Ed Konieczny was elected on the first ballot on May 5, 2007 at St. Paul's Cathedral.