LIGHTENING HAS DESTROYED AN ERWIN CHURCH THAT HAS STOOD FOR MORE THAN A HALF CENTURY. DURING SEVERE WEATHER YESTERDAY, LIGHTNING STRUCK THE STEEPLE OF THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHEREN ON HIGHLAND AVENUE. FIREFIGHTERS WERE UNABLE TO SAVE THE SANCTUARY, BUT WERE ABLE TO SAVE THE FELLOWSHIP HALL NEXT TO THE CHURCH. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE BLAZE.