Church holds Christmas service in courtyard day after fire [Video]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A community is picking up the pieces after fire ripped through a church on Jacksonville’s northwest side. 

On Saturday, Greater Grant Memorial AME Church suffered significant damage from a fire and will be unable to use their building for the foreseeable future, but the inability to use a building isn’t stopping them from holding a Christmas service.

A look inside the fellowship hall of Greater Grant Memorial AME Church shows the significant damage sustained in Saturday’s fire.

“When it broke out the fire immediately found where it could have access, which was in the crawl spaces of the fellowship hall,” Pastor Micah Sims said.

Crumbled insulation littered the floors, water damage from where the fire was put out lingered and a solitary Christmas tree stood amongst the …