Crowe Springs Baptist Church remembers storm victims

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Crowe Springs Baptist Church remembers storm victims

Members of the Crowe Springs Baptist Church held their service at their parking lot in Cartersville Sunday, May 1, 2011 because last week's storms destroyed their church.

Randall Woodall fights back his emotions during Sunday worship service under a makeshift tent of the parking lot of the Crowe Springs Baptist Church in Cartersville, May 1, 2011. Violent storms turned this North Georgia community upside down last week.

After their church was destroyed by Wednesday's violent storms, members of the Crowe Springs Baptist Church held their service at their parking lot Sunday, May 1, 2011.

Kaylin Alred, 7, walks the aisle where she would sit in one of the pews each Sunday with her family before it was destroyed by last week's twister at Crowe Springs Baptist Church in Cartersville Sunday, May 1, 2011. The church of about 100 members held their Sunday service at the church parking lot.

Longtime church member Gene Powell survey the damaged destroyed by last week's twister at Crowe Springs Baptist Church in Cartersville Sunday, May 1, 2011. Powell helps with the remodeling of the church before the destruction and said the entire building will have to be torn down and rebuilt from scratch. The church of about 100 members held their Sunday service at the church parking lot.

Macey Woodall, 7, clings to her mother Shannon Woodall during Sunday worship service under a makeshift tent of the parking lot of the Crowe Springs Baptist Church in Cartersville, May 1, 2011. "We lived down the street and sustained some damaged," Shannon said.

Recovering from the destruction from last week's twister, members of the Crowe Springs Baptist Church held their service at their parking lot Sunday in Cartersville, May 1, 2011.

Recovering from the destruction from last week's twister, members of the Crowe Springs Baptist Church held their service at their parking lot Sunday in Cartersville, May 1, 2011.

Nathan Harris, 12, and Wesley Morris of 2nd Genesis Ministries help in preparing lunch for members of the Crowe Springs Baptist Church which held their service at their parking lot Sunday in Cartersville, May 1, 2011.

Battered by last week's twisters that roared through, members of the Crowe Springs Baptist Church held their service at their parking lot in Cartersville Sunday, May 1, 2011.

Volunteers help to raise a make shift tent for members of the Crowe Springs Baptist Church before their Sunday service at the church parking lot in Cartersville, May 1, 2011.

Across from Crowe Springs Baptist Church which held their service at their parking lot, tornadoes from last week seared off trees, flattened homes, and ravaged landscapes in Cartersville, May 1, 2011.

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Randall Woodall fights back his emotions during Sunday worship service under a makeshift tent of the parking lot of the Crowe Springs Baptist Church in Cartersville, May 1, 2011. Violent storms turned this North Georgia community upside down last week.

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