Church awaits repairs after Friday fire    BISMARCK (AP) -- A Bismarck church damaged by fire may not be able to hold services for months, but the pastor and his wife are thankful no one was hurt.     The Rev. Jeff Olson said a family of six from Valley City had planned to stay at                               the                               church                               for about                               a week                               during                               the                               Christ-                               mas holi-                               days.   The                               family                               discov-                               ered the                               fire in the                               church                               basement                               about                               early Fri-                               day.                                  "I even                               told the                               family,                               'God used                               you guys                               to keep our church from burning down,'" Olson said.    His wife, Tami said the AP photo Bismarck Bible Baptist Church pastor Jeff Olson, left, and his wife, Tami, embrace in the fire scarred lower level of the church Friday in Bismarck.   The two are thankful no one was hurt. fire is believed to have started in an electrical panel behind the clothes dryer, or in the fuse box. She said Saturday the dam-

AP photo The Bismarck Bible Baptist Church is seen Friday in Bismarck.   The church, damaged by fire, may not be able to hold services for months. age estimate ranges from $200,000 to $400,000.    Authorities said the cou- ple's daughter awoke around 2:30 a.m. Friday, not feeling well.   She woke her mother, and the two of them smelled smoke and found the flames shooting out from under the washing machine. Chris Watkins, his wife and children were able to get out of the church and returned to Valley City later Friday.    "My wife got me up," Chris Watkins recalled Sat- urday.   "It all happened really fast.    "Everyone's OK," he said.    Tami Olson said about 35 people attend services at the church, on Sunday or Wednesday nights.   She believes the building was built around 1955.    Fire officials estimate up to four months before the church can hold services again, Tami Olson said.   Sun- day's services were planned at Bismarck's Comfort Inn, and church members would look for another place later, she said.    "At least we didn't have a family in the community who lost everything," she said.