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COUNTIES. THIS MORNING, SOLID ROCK CHURCH IN CENTER POINT IS LEFT WITHOUT A BUILDING TO GATHER IN AFTER CREWS SPENT HOURS PUTTING OUT A FIRE BEHIND INSIDE THE BUILDING LAST NIGHT AND �������� 13 ZOE BLAIR SPOKE WITH THE CHURCH’S PASTOR, WHO SAYS THE FIRE IS NOT GOING TO STOP THEM FROM HAVING THEIR NORMAL SUNDAY SERVICE. TODAY, 49 DAYS AFTER EASTER, IT’S THE DAY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH GOERS RECOGNIZE IT’S PENTECOST SUNDAY AND A DAY SOLID ROCK CHURCH PASTOR LARRY RAGLAND HAS BEEN PLANNING FOR FOR WEEKS. TOMORROW IS PENTECOST SUNDAY, WHICH IS THE FIRE COMING DOWN. AND SO WE HAD A BIG SERVICE PLAN FOR THE TO CELEBRATE THE FIRE COMING DOWN. RAGLAND SERMON, TITLED THE BURNING ONES, FOCUSES AROUND THAT FIRE. WHAT HE DIDN’T PLAN FOR WAS A REAL ONE. I GOT A CALL FROM THE ALARM SYSTEM THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN DISPATCHED, AND I THOUGHT, THERE’S JUST NOTHING. THAT CAN’T BE WHAT I THINK IT IS. I GOT HERE AND THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND. EVEN THOUGH HE FOUND HIS CHURCH ON FIRE. RAGLAND ISN’T UPSET. BUT THERE IS SOMETHING HE’S ACTUALLY BEEN HOPING TO SEE. JUST NOT IN THIS WAY. YOU COULDN’T MAKE UP THAT SCRIPT ON THE EVE OF PENTECOST SUNDAY. THE CHURCH THAT WE SAID, I LITERALLY SAID THIS IN A SERMON RECENTLY. I SAID, WE’RE PRAYING THAT THE FIRE OF GOD WOULD BE SO STRONG IN THIS BUILDING THAT WHEN PEOPLE DRIVE BY THIS ROAD, THEY’RE GOING TO SEE THE, THE, THE CHURCH ON FIRE. BUT I DIDN’T MEAN THIS. I MEANT ON FIRE IN THE SPIRIT. AS CREWS SPENT HOURS BATTLING THE BLAZE, MEMBERS OF THE SOLID ROCK CONGREGATION GATHERED IN THE CHURCH’S PARKING LOT. JUST LIKE RAGLAND. THEY SAY THE TIMING OF THIS IS EVERYTHING. THAT’S REALLY WHAT MAKES IT REALLY EVEN MORE AMAZING THAT IT’S JUST LITERALLY THE TIMING THAT AT SOME POINT TONIGHT, THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, THAT THIS HAPPENED IN THE SPIRIT WAY, BUT WE’RE NOW SEEING THIS IN A NATURAL WAY NOW, BECAUSE OF THE FIRE, THEY’VE HAD TO CUT THE POWER TO THE CHURCH, AND THERE’S STILL A LOT OF SMOKE IN THERE, WHICH IS BAD FOR ANYONE WITH A RESPIRATORY ILLNESS, BUT THEY’RE NOT GOING TO LET THAT STOP THEM. THEY CAN’T HAVE CHURCH INSIDE, SO THEY WILL BE HERE IN THE PARKING LOT TO CELEBRATE PENTECOST SUNDAY. WE’RE GOING TO BE HERE. WE’RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE DO. WE’RE GOING TO CELEBRATE OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. YOU’LL FIND US IN THE PARKING LOT, GIVING GOD THE PRAISE. AND WE HAVE A BAPTISM SCHEDULED TOO. SO WE’RE GOING TO STEELE BAPTIZE OUTSIDE. NOTHING’S GOING TO STOP US I