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DES MOINES, Iowa -- A recent gesture by a local church had a profound impact on those at the historic gay bar and nightclub in Des Moines' East Village.

"The first thing they said (is), 'We're from Two Rivers Church', and that just made me have a renewed a sense of humanity and belief in organized religion," said Marty Larson, of the Blazing Saddle.

Larson, who was brought to tears by the act of goodwill from Two Rivers Church, says he was raised in a church, but lost his religion because he felt condemned.

"Churches don't necessarily open themselves up to the gay community and it's just especially touching when a church opens their arms and their hearts to the community that not all churches embrace," said Larson.

Surveillance cameras captured a front window of the club being vandalized with rocks just after 4 a.m. Thursday. It's the second window in the past few weeks that vandals have targeted. In response to the vandalism, members of Two Rivers Church gave the club money for repairs.

"We just profusely thanked them and told them that we would not be using the money for our own use here, but would be sending it on to help others that are way more in need than we are," said Larson.

Along with the donation to The Blazing Saddle, the Christians gave a card containing a message of love.

It reads in part: "Dear Friends...'you are beautiful and you are wanted in this community. And we are sorry for any experience in which you have felt in anyway 'less than.'"

Larson says these Christians are actually living up to the name of the faith they profess.

"It's one thing to say that you're Christian and it's another thing to actually do Christian deeds and these people are the true meaning of Christian," he said.