Everyone has been asking, and yes....that was our Kingdom Hall that you have heard so much about. The Hickman Rd Kingdom Hall in Columbus was broken into and they tried to start a fire in the basement. The Hall is the home to three congregations, Forest Park, Spanish East, and our congregation, Worthington. We are going to be going to the Westerville Hall for at least the next week. We were on CNN!!! I haven't heard too much yet...you have probably heard more than us. But the brother who did most of the interviews, Tom Wiley, is the P.O. of our hall and our bookstudy conductor, so we will know much more tomorrow. I did include some pictures (what really makes it hurt) and some links to local news coverage.
Luckily, our literature servant had just gotten a shipment that he hadn't taken to the hall yet. So we have two boxes of Bible Teach books in his garage. The room that was set on fire was where they kept the extra literature and there was a computer for research. Most of the literature down there was for the Spanish cong. so they are going to be hurting more since there is only one other Spanish cong in Columbus. The other sad thing is that there was a lot of older books and volumes down there. Like all the one name books, Salvation, Jehovah, all those...I think though that most of them had been taken by people. Chris and I were able to get Vol 1 of the Watchtower Volumes...it's pretty cool....
http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=195124
http://www.nbc4i.com/news/9423572/detail.html
4 comments:
Those pictures are heart-breaking. I like Brother Wiley's comment though, that it's a sign of the times and Jehovah will take action
I found out at book study tonight that it was your hall. What a shame, but I'm so glad it didn't burn worse.
The pictures let us see what a mess they made.Bro. Wiley was right Jehovah will take action.Grandpa gave a talk at that hall, it was the Forest Park cong.I'm sure the regional building committee will put it at the top of the list to repair.
hi I’m a sister from England and recently visited your congregation Worthington with my family in Jan 07. The brothers and sisters were so friendly and nice they really made us feel welcome. We found it so nice that the brothers and sisters took us out for lunch it was great! And thanx to Camry and Danielle for showing us around columbus. Im really sorry about what happened to your hall the same thing happened to us but not as bad it was a little fire. You have done a great job repairing it. The hall looks magnificent. Well may Jehovah bless you and your hall love from the Wilson family xXx
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