“This Sunday is about showering love on the people that lost their church home,” says Pastor Caleb Collins of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Douglas.
DOUGLAS, Ariz. — Pastor Caleb Collins is slowly moving forward after Monday’s fire burnt most of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.
“It does help since the two churches work together very closely it still gives the sense of home away from home,” Collins said. “In here this Sunday will be a sense of unity, community and also safety for our members.” Collins wants Sunday’s sermon for to be uplifting and positive to show there’s a new beginning on the horizon for St. Stephen's.
He noted that the congregation can have some sense of hope because the people are the church and just because the building was damaged, none of the church members were harmed.
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