Police are looking to find the people who vandalized an Anchorage church Friday morning, then set it on fire. It happened at the Lutheran Church of Hope on Northern Lights Boulevard.
Vandals broke a window to get inside, ripped through some mail, tipped over the baptismal font in the sanctuary, then set a fire in the kitchen.
Church Council member Megan Bladow said it was clear that the fire was set intentionally. She said the vandals placed books and papers on top of the lit stove burners.
Fortunately, the churches’ sprinkler system worked and the fire was contained to the kitchen.
Bladow said Sunday services will be held at the church this weekend, but Hope Lutheran Preschool will be closed all of next week.
