The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO

June 29, 2009

<img src=" http://www.joplinglobeonline.com/images/zope/new.gif" border=0> Granby church opens after fixing tornado damage


GRANBY, Mo. (AP) — A southwestern Missouri church has reopened a year after a tornado destroyed the 33-year-old building.

Neosho-Granby Seventh Day Adventist Church dedicated the new building Saturday.

The church’s pastor, Dwight Seek, says the May 10, 2008, tornado only left a heap of rubble with a few pews visible.

The congregation’s services were at Church of the Nazarene in Granby while construction efforts went on.