Canon Melissa McCarthy views fire`s devastation during a tour of the Ventura area on Dec. 12 with St. Paul`s, Ventura, senior warden Miles Sexton, Bishop John Taylor and Canon Michael Bamberger. The devastation was all around them when Bishop John Taylor, the Rev. Canon Melissa McCarthy, canon to the ordinary, and the Rev. Canon Michael Bamberger, diocesan disaster relief coordinator, visited Ventura Dec. 12 to meet and offer help to Episcopalians and congregations affected by the fast-moving Thomas fire that wreaked havoc on the Ventura, Ojai and Santa Paula areas before spreading up the coast into Santa Barbara, Carpinteria and Montecito. Taylor, McCarthy and Bamberger delivered the first...
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