In the last week a number of Christians from various churches have gone about the Island offering prayer and testimony to those grieving over the number of recent deaths.

The prayer vigils have led to a meeting slated for Monday night for Somerset residents to discuss how these Christians can best meet their individual needs.

At the end of an active week travelling to Somerset Cricket Club, Royal Naval Field and St. Monica's Road, some of the crusaders responsible for the events explained how they came to start the initiative.

"This is not to be seen as a seasonal summer crusade," said Henry Campbell, who runs the Full Armour Christian Academy.

And he explained that the effort was not "a once off because there were a few accidents".

"This is something that neither one of us has just dreamed up because of these incidents. God has actually prompted us over the years ... We are now coming together to see what God has given each of us to do to make this a sustained effort," he said.

"We have heard many people say that this is nothing new. It may be escalating to the point where for Bermuda it's overwhelming. The concern is that we help to bring back the spiritual awareness and are no longer just playing lip service to being a Christian but actually are performing it and doing the work."

Mr. Campbell, Dennis Bean and Rev. Nigel Lambert of Exousia Christian Fellowship were responsible for a number of prayer meetings across the Island this week.

"We don't have a lot of stuff planned in terms of activities but what we do intend to do is keep the momentum of this particular effort here and go straight through," said Mr. Bean.

And he spoke with enthusiasm and great energy when telling The Royal Gazette the plans for the trio: "It's been on Pastor Campbell's heart, his wife and myself and the hearts of many other pastors and people to just storm this Island with the Gospel because we believe it makes all the difference in the world, all the difference in the world."

Full of the same enthusiasm and conviction Mr. Lambert said: "I think every Christian has a special role in whatever community that they are in and we are people that are been chosen by God to be the mouthpiece or the voice of God wherever we find ourselves.

"It is only a Christian, from God's perspective, that can really know the heart and the mind of God and be able to give answers and solutions and understanding in why things are happening in our communities.

"Once you become a Christian you understand why people do what they do ... God gives you the perspective and he puts things in perspective for you."

When asked how their Christian message will help a problem which has plagued the Island for so long the men said that it was God's will that would change the atmosphere.

"The world will tell you that when you get people together - you go to a rock concert or a reggae concert - they say the air is charged and with that same concept in mind, when we get together as Christians and we are praying it changes the atmosphere, the air does get charged spiritually," explained Mr. Campbell.

Mr. Lambert added: "God said his word would not return to him void but it would accomplish that thing which he sets it out to do and would please him."

"We can't do anything in our own strength because our strength what we have is not ours, God has basically allowed us to use that power to uplift his name.

"God desires to move in the hearts and minds of people and the only individuals that could allow God to do this is those of us who have been born again.

"We need to let our communities know that hey there is a better way of life than violence, abuse and all that type of ungodly acts."

The trio believed that their efforts were appreciated by the members of the various communities they visited.

Mr. Campbell said: "A fellow from St. George's said we need it in St. George's so the people are ready, they want it and welcome it and what we find is that the ordinary person in the street is very supportive."

"We need to help the individuals that come to understand how to use their gifts and talents in this move and not just have them hidden and listen to one or two people. Everyone must participate for this to be effective."

Mr. Bean added: "This is basically to pray for the Island in prayer and we are going to wage warfare in the way that God told us to wage war, call out his name, make the difference in the atmosphere, set the stage for things for him to respond and answer so that's basically in a nutshell my own personal assessment of what we intend to do.

"Whether there is few or many who come out our intention is just to pray. The other thing is that we don't gear it by the crowds that are here because the key is the amplification and we shoot it into the atmosphere and release into the houses."