Four days after a fire gutted much of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Somerset, faithful members of the Kentucky church gathered for a parking lot service with pastor Jamie Taylor on March 26.
Among those coming to the service were some of the first responders who did what they could to save the church after a fire erupted March 23. The sanctuary was spared from the flames but suffered water and smoke damage. They have already begun the cleanup.
On the following Sunday, instead of passing out soup as planned, they gave out pizza and a bottle of water to give to those in need of a meal. Even with the destruction that came from the blaze, the work of the church didn’t stop.
‘We were not shaken’
Taylor noted as much with a message to his church.
“We’re still looking forward to helping those in need today,” he wrote on social media. “We have a purpose as a church and as a Christian. We will not be distracted from that because of what happened to the building.”
They were greeted that Sunday morning with sunshine and blue skies as they came together to worship God on the parking lot in an encouraging service that showed the community they were still there.
In a Facebook post on the church’s Facebook page the following message was issued:
“We were not shaken. Our faith has remained strong. There is a bigger purpose for our church, and we are so excited to see what God has planned. We had a wonderful service in our parking lot in which we were joined by some of the first responders who helped on Thursday. Thank you to those first responders who helped us and help our community daily. We cannot express our gratefulness enough!”
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Mark Maynard and originally published by Kentucky Today.
