Wounded pastor returns to church

Coeur d’Alene pastor Tim Remington addresses the congregation at The Altar Church on Sunday for the first time since he was shot six times March 6 while leaving the church. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)

• Also: Photo Gallery of Pastor Remington’s struggle back to health here.

Tim Remington walked briskly into The Altar Church on Sunday morning, his right arm in a sling and his left hand clutching his Bible. He didn’t pause to look at the spot in the parking lot where three months earlier he lay in a pool of his blood after he was shot six times. Pastor Remington had other things on his mind: greeting his Coeur d’Alene congregation, the order of songs for the morning’s services, his first sermon since the March 6 attack that nearly took his life. Donna Long, who joined the church last year, grew emotional when she saw him walk in. “I just can’t believe it,” Long said, and added, “It’s tears of joy”/ Scott Maben , SR. More here.