Members of burned LA church bear a cross through their devastated neighborhood to mark Good Friday

Southern California community members return for first time to site where church burned down ahead of Easter

A Southern California congregation returned for the first time Friday ahead of Easter to the site where their church burned down in January.

Members of Burned LA Church Bear Cross Through Their Devastated Neighbourhood to Mark Good Friday

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Carrying a tall wooden cross on his shoulder, Pastor John Shaver walked down the street where his church had stood, just three months ago. World News | Members of Burned LA Church Bear Cross Through Their Devastated Neighbourhood to Mark Good Friday.

Members of LA church destroyed in wildfire carry cross through devastated neighborhood on Good Friday

This was the first time members had set foot on the church site after the fire in which nearly 80% of the congregation had lost their homes.

Members of burned L.A. church carry cross through devastated neighbourhood

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Carrying a tall wooden cross on his shoulder, Pastor John Shaver walked down the street where his church had stood, just three months ago.

Burned LA church bear a cross to mark Good Friday

Pastor John Shaver, whose home burned down, led congregants on a ‘cross walk’ down the street from the church property.

Members of burned LA church bear a cross through neighborhoodtheir devastated neighborhood to mark Good Friday

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 …