Washington Examiner
Carrying a tall wooden cross on his shoulder, Pastor John Shaver walked down the street where his church had stood, just three months ago.
Shaver had led the 102-year-old Community United Methodist Church of Pacific Palisades for barely six months when it burned to the ground in the January wildfire that all but decimated the community. On Good Friday, Shaver and a handful of community members gathered at the gutted church site amid the grating noise of forklifts and jackhammers that were cleaning up and preparing the land for rebuilding.
They then embarked on a Good Friday “cross walk.” From their church to the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, they paused at nine locations reading a Bible verse at each stop — a slight departure from the traditional 14-step devotion commemorating Christ’s suffering, crucifixion and death. Each station depicts a specific event in Jesus’ last day, from his condemnation to death on the cross and burial. More
I grew up in Santa Monica Methodist Church, technically still a member, although it was actually a bit further from our home than Pacific Palisades Methodist. I have been there many times though. I pray that they can rebuild.
CHEERS DAN, ONE OF MY MOM’S HOMES WAS JUST A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM THE ONE IN THIS POST THAT IS ON VIA DE LA PAZ
HER.PRIDE AND JOY HOME WAS ON RADCLIFFE AVE, WHICH WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED
CAN’T PROCESS IT YET
THE PP PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ON THE CORNER OF SUNSET AND EL MEDIO, BEHIND WHICH I ATTENDED SCOUT MTGS IS A COMPLETE LOSS TOO
…HER OTHER HOME WAS ON DRUMMOND ST, ORIG OWNER WAS MAURICE CHEVALIER, ALSO GONE
BUILT IN 1926
@BENITO – I had friends on Radcliffe, the Pascoes – from Santa Monica Methodist. Funny that they drove to SM when PP Methodist was less than a mile away. Great family, Sue is a local journalist. Their house is gone of course.