East Little Rock Times

Antioch Community Church -- A United Methodist Congregation issued the following announcement on Aug. 31.

The Revs. Michelle and Jason Harris, a clergy couple, serve United Methodist churches that took a direct hit from Hurricane Ida as it moved with devastating force through southeast Louisiana earlier this week.

St. Charles United Methodist, in Destrehan, had three buildings before the storm. It’s pretty much down to two.

“The Sunday school building — it’s a total loss,” said Michelle Harris, St. Charles’ pastor. “The roof blew off. We’ll lose everything in that building, and the whole building will go.”

At least she knows her church’s story. Jason Harris was still trying to get a report on his church, First United Methodist in LaPlace, where flooding was severe and many roads remain impassable.

“I’m hoping in the next day or so I’ll be able to get to the church, or somewhat near, to try to assess,” the LaPlace pastor said.

At her episcopal residence in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Conference Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey has had to rely on a generator for electricity, and has made do with spotty to nonexistent Wi-Fi and internet.

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Source: Antioch Community Church -- A United Methodist Congregation