Texas congregation dries out flood-damaged church, then cries, sings about the water

DICKINSON, Texas - The Bible has plenty to say about dangerous waters. Moses and the Israelites fled Egypt through a parted Red Sea. When Jesus' disciples were at sea on a boat, rocked by the winds, Jesus walked to them on the water and told them to take courage.

And then, of course, there was the great flood that washed nearly the whole world away.

The First United Methodist Church in Dickinson sits on one of those nearly anonymous business strips you can find in most cities, next to a Wendy's and across the street from a car dealership and a modest community bank. But its history stretches back more than a century, including in 1900 when the original building