SYCAMORE – The “light on the hill” shone brightly for the first time in nine months Sunday.

Mayfield Congregational Church members worshiped at their church on 28405 Church Road on Sunday for the first time since the interior ceiling collapsed in March. It was a welcome sight to Wilma Miranda, who said she was unsure if the congregation would come back to the 150-year-old building after she saw the plaster, insulation, dust and other debris covering nearly everything in the sanctuary after the ceiling fell.

“We thought the church might not ever be rebuilt, but it turns out the building is as sound today as the day it was built,” she said. “It’s our church again and she sure does look pretty to us. We did it.”