In the News ... "Account set up for burned church"

By Mark Sterkel
Reporter
Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - An account has been set up with American State Bank for donations to help the congregation of St. James Baptist Church start rebuilding the church they lost in a Wednesday night blaze.

Kirk Willis, a deacon with the church, said so far, the account has only $200 in it and one group has donated a piano and organ to the church. Willis also said several members of the community and different parishes have offered to help.

St. James, 300 S. Hancock Ave., caught fire for an unknown reason Wednesday evening around 9:34 p.m. and Odessa Fire and Rescue responded to put out the fire, but the scene was not cleared until 8 a.m. Thursday.

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