Debbi Lake – Boulder, Colorado … High winds in Boulder, Colorado, are nothing new. But the winds on Friday, March 31, were stronger than usual and led to two events at the Boulder Adventist Church.
The first event was that one of the big fir trees on the church property fell over onto the fountain in the side yard. Thankfully, the tree did not block the street, sidewalk, or even hit anything other than the fountain.
After noticing the fallen tree, we went inside the sanctuary and discovered that one of the west windows had been broken. Not by the tree but by the wind. By late afternoon, when the wind had finally died down, the staff of Smiley Construction, who rent an office in the church, enclosed the broken window. Now we could meet on Sabbath morning as a church.
Pastor Geoff Patterson says, “We are particularly thankful that the tree and broken window happened on a weekday and not on a Sabbath. Especially this particular Sabbath. Apart from our regular Sabbath services in the morning, the Boulder Chamber Orchestra and Boulder Chamber Chorale were scheduled for a concert in the evening. The glass from the broken window caused at least three gouges in the upholstery of the pew it landed on, and we are so thankful there was not a person sitting there.”
—Debbi Lake is the office manager at Boulder Adventist Church. Photos by Debbi Lake.
