ALBANY, N.Y. ( NEWS10 ) – Bishop Avery Comithier has faced an uphill battle ever since the Elijah Missionary Baptist Church burned down, but that hasn’t stopped him from giving back. He handed out Thanksgiving meals on Tuesday at a new location.
“As soon as it happened, you know, you have 100 things going on in your mind all at once. The first thing is to get out for your safety, second thing while you’re out there watching it burn just the memories and what we were going to do,” said Comithier. “It was just heartbreaking.”
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His annual Thanksgiving dinner was on his mind. All the donations were destroyed in the fire. But the community continues to rally around the church and it’s not just Albany.
Dairy farmers from Dutchess, Columbia, Schoharie and Washington counties rallied around the church’s efforts at a new location on Tuesday, at the St. Francis of Assisi Parish South End Worship Site…