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The Rev. Craig Dalferes led members of his congregation in prayer Friday on the church lawn, in the shadow of a white tent.
“Let the whole world know that things that were cast down will be raised up,” he said. “Things that are old are being made new.”
A year ago Friday, historic St. Matthew's Episcopal Church and part of its nearby school building burned to ash in a sudden midnight fire.
“It's weird to stand here where the church was for a service. It's sad,” Dalferes said, as children trooped out from the temporary buildings that house their classrooms. “But at the same time there is joy in it because of the opportunity to make things new.”
As the church remembers the tragedy, it is pushing toward the future.
“Obviously, we wish the church had never burned because of all the history and all the memories that were in it,” said Julie Steigner, who heads the committee raising money for the rebuilding. “But at the same time, this gives us an opportunity to make something new, something exciting.”
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