Coming to church this morning, this was what the back door looked like. Click the picture to get a bigger image if you want, but in the end it’s some kid’s nasty idea of a practical joke. I cautioned other church members to not get too worked up about it, because that’s what the prankster wanted.
Then they told me Wesley Chapel, a church about a mile north of FAR Manor, had burned down last night. I thought maybe the tale had grown in the telling, but going over there this afternoon showed me different. Now I know what the sirens last night were about.A lot of people, including myself at first, linked the two — although the fire department says a furnace problem caused the fire. It’s just an odd coincidence, how one church could get a door defaced and another burn down on the same night.
But thinking about it, I think it might be just a coincidence. The spray paint is only on the door, and should be fairly easy to clean off — we have some spray-on paint remover, and I would have given that a try today if I’d had a can of white spray paint to finish the job.
Needless to say, it was a rather somber day at church.
Thanks, Sally. I really feel for the people at the church that burned down though -- the building has been there well over 100 years. Even though they have a recreational building where they carried on with services yesterday, they've lost a lot of history.
ReplyDeleteI just hope it really was a furnace problem; I just can't fathom the idea of someone who would burn down a church. Unfortunately, the history of this planet is rife with such things.