CHURCH SERVICE UNFAZED BY FIRE.Byline: Brent Hopkins Staff Writer VAN NUYS- With the smell of charred wood wafting down from the balcony, the pastor opened the doors Sunday to the Community Bible Church Community Bible Church is a church in North Central San Antonio. It is an inter-donminational-bible church with almost 10,000 people attending at three weekend services (plus a Sunday Evening service for college-age students). CBC's Senior Pastor is Robert Emmitt. two hours after a fire broke out in the steeple. Though the recently remodeled steeple was streaked with black soot, the spirit within was as strong as ever. The church pastor said the congregation went right ahead with services. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Bob Collis, spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. , the flames were likely caused by a stray spark from welding done the previous day. The fire was reported at 7:59 a.m. by a passer-by and had been extinguished by 8:12, causing an estimated $50,000 in damage, Collis said. It was this quick notification that saved the church, the pastor said. ``If it had happened at 2 a.m., we could have lost the whole building,'' he said. Despite the damage, the congregation remained upbeat during services. Rather than focus on the area damaged, worshippers took solace in the area saved by firefighters. The sermon had a special message for Jesus Marquez, the church's head usher. ``Christ is the only one that can save us,'' he said, emptying a shovelful shov·el·ful n. The amount that a shovel can hold. Noun 1. shovelful - the quantity a shovel can hold spadeful, shovel containerful - the quantity that a container will hold of plaster into a trash can In the Macintosh, a simulated garbage can used for deleting files and folders. The trash can keeps the files intact in case the user wants to restore them, but can be "emptied" from time to time to save disk space. . ``Everything else is just materials.'' |
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