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Determined to rebuild, First Presbyterian Church of Mayfield reflects on a year of lessons from a December 2021 tornado

Posted December 16th, 2022

A year after a tornado destroyed First Presbyterian Church of Mayfield, Kentucky, and much of the community, the disaster has left the church grounds virtually bare. But a sign gives a hint of a promising future.

After a tornado destroyed its building, a Kentucky church begins to move forward

Posted January 14th, 2022

One month to the day after a tornado destroyed First Presbyterian Church of Mayfield’s church building, its session voted to recommend to the congregation that the church rebuild on the same site.

Western Kentucky churches begin tornado recovery

Posted December 20th, 2021

Davis Mills looked down at the painting in a box in the back parking lot of First Presbyterian Church in Mayfield, Kentucky, late Saturday afternoon and said, “That’s what it used to look like.”