An altar remained standing when the rest of a Kentucky church suffered catastrophic damage from a deadly tornado last week.
A church community in Kentucky has found a symbol of hope still standing in the rubble of their house of worship after the church suffered catastrophic damage from a tornado last week.
"Our goal for the day is we hope to get it out of the building and preserve it along with a few other artifacts. Our building is rapidly losing what little structural integrity it has left, so we are going to try to get at least that out today before we do anything else."Four families from the parish had their homes destroyed by the tornado while others sustained damage and had their automobiles destroyed, according to West. No one from the parish is known to have died as of Monday.
"I think they’re beginning to cope with the reality of what has happened, and they’re certainly grieving and sad over the loss," West said."We are doing what we can to keep people’s spirits up."West shared the message he has delivered to the parishioners in the wake of the devastation. West said those looking to help the church can search for it on the Biblify app and follow prompts to support the rebuild.
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