By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and EMILY LESHNER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At Christmases past, parishioners at Middle Collegiate in New York City rejoiced over gospel hymns, carols and soul tunes played on a Steinway piano that is now only metal and ashes after the historic church was destroyed this month by fire. 'Our brass doors are warped, our glass is shattered, our beams have fallen down,' said the Rev. Jacqui Lewis, the church's senior minister. 'The sanctuary is gutted. We are gutted.' It seemed a tragic coda to an already-difficult year in which the congregation has met only […]
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