Faith, strong community help Cross Plains residents withstand loss CROSS PLAINS (AP) - The Rev. Jim Senkel has spent the past few days at the charred ruins of First United Methodist Church, helping parishioners pull shards of red, green and purple stained glass, soot-covered forks and chipped coffee mugs from the rubble. Then he has gone across the street where the parsonage once stood, sorting through mounds of ash-coated debris that had been his belongings. The house, where he and his wife moved in June after he became the church's pastor, was filled with new furniture and some Christmas gifts,...