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KEN GIGLIOTTI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS A large chunk of Tyndall stone rests near a parked car on Edmonton Street.

WINNIPEG -- Knox United Church parishioners will be in the pews on Sunday after hearing the damage caused by a lighting strike early Friday morning wasn’t as bad as feared.

Other areas of the church’s facility, including a day care and community offices, will reopen on Monday.

A lightning strike at about 6:45 a.m knocked off a chunk of the tyndall stone bell tower atop stately Knox United Church, sending it about 25 metres to the street below.

Rev. Bill Millar said the block of stone didn’t smash through the roof so, while parts of the interior sanctuary will be roped off, parishioners can worship there on Sunday.

KEN GIGLIOTTI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Knox United Church is missing part of the southeast tower after the storm.

"It’s great news — far better than it was this morning," Millar said this afternoon. "And there were no injuries. We’re very pleased about that."