Four years ago, a brush fire burned down Malibu Presbyterian Church. The new building will showcase the view of the beach and 'have a contemporary and casual feel,' the architect says.
If members of Malibu Presbyterian Church needed any inspiration, it was in plain sight Sunday when the Rev. Greg Hughes stepped to the front of the congregation's temporary sanctuary.At his feet lay the twisted, blackened spire that topped the church's steeple when a brush fire engulfed the Malibu Canyon Road church Oct. 21, 2007, and burned it to the ground.
"It's like it was yesterday. I can taste ash in my mouth," Hughes told a crowd of 450 gathered to give thanks for the 63-year-old congregation's survival and to break ground for a new sanctuary.
Hughes had been at the church preparing for that day's Sunday services when the fire swept over its hillside site. He and colleagues were able to remove important documents and computers before blowing embers ignited the church steeple.
The blaze, dubbed the Canyon fire, destroyed 21 other structures as it raced over 4,500 acres.
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