f them were missing. For the next 31 minutes, Frampton searched.

Along the way, he rescued a man with a gunshot wound, helped pull more than a dozen people through broken windows and repeatedly went back into the smoke-filled church.

Even after the gunman was killed by police, Frampton's search continued. Two of his children were still missing.

As the minutes passed, Frampton and his wife fell to their knees and prayed.

 We need to say a prayer…  Heavenly Father, help us find Lillian and Wesley.' … Right after that, I had the impression to call a guy I'd never called before… and all of a sudden we hear,  Mom, they're right here.' 

All five of their children were safe.

The Frampton family (WDIV)

The doctor becomes the patient

Frampton survived the attack, but breathing smoke and ash while repeatedly entering the burning building had taken a toll.

He was hospitalized and spent four days intubated. His own colleagues at Henry Ford helped save his life.

Eventually, Frampton was reunited with his wife and children.

Dr. Bridger Frampton with his family. (WDIV)

Four members of his church did not survive: Craig Hayden, John Bond, Thelma Armstrong and William  Pat  Howard.

Hayden was a former Latter-day Saint bishop, father and grandfather. Bond, 77, was a U.S. Navy veteran and grandfather. Armstrong, 54, was a mother who attended the service with her daughter. Howard, 77, was a Vietnam War veteran, husband, father of five and grandfather of 13.

Eight others were injured in the attack, according to the FBI.

Nearly a year later, Frampton has returned to the property where those lives were lost - and where his family experienced another moment that has stayed with him.

Finding faith in the ashes

It took some time after the attack before Frampton brought his daughter Lillian back to the church property.

As father and daughter walked the grounds, Lillian began finding pages among the ashes that had survived the fire - pieces of hymns and scripture.

Pictured are pieces of hymns and scripture found among the ashes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township. (WDIV)

Then she picked up one particular page.

 She pulls this page up and it says - and she points right to it - and it said,  Let no mortal man change the Master's plan.' … Dude, I had tears and she like was just like totally got it… you couldn't have orchestrated it on your own. 

For Frampton, the moment became part of his daughter's healing.

 I could not have orchestrated that any better… and she after that was able to sleep better. 

Today, even the ashes are gone.

What remains is an empty property carrying the memories of what happened there - and anticipation for what comes next.

 This is not a place to fear, this is a place to revere and to reverence… I'm excited to be back here. I'm excited for the groundbreaking,  Frampton said.

Church prepares to rebuild

On Monday, Sept. 28, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will officially break ground on a new Grand Blanc Stake Center at 4285 McCandlish Road, exactly one year after the attack.

The new building will be larger than the previous stake center, which was dedicated in 1981 and served the Grand Blanc Ward and the wider Grand Blanc Michigan Stake until it was destroyed.

Pictured is a rendering of the new church (Grand Blanc Township Church)

Construction is expected to take about 14 months.

Once construction is complete, church leaders plan to hold a community open house and celebration, welcoming first responders, neighbors, community leaders and the public.

Giving back to Grand Blanc

The rebuilding comes as church members also look for ways to thank the community that supported them after the attack.

On Sept. 24, the church delivered a semitruck of food and household goods to FISH of Grand Blanc.

It was the church's second such delivery since the attack, following an initial donation last November. Each delivery contained about 40,000 pounds of food and household goods for the community.

Church leaders described the latest donation as a thank-you to the community for the support members have received over the past year.

For Frampton, rebuilding on the same property represents something more than replacing a building.

 There was one individual with a ton of hate. There were hundreds of people with so much love. And that, I think, is the message… there was some darkness, there's a lot more light. 

Where there was fire, a new church will rise.

And on the ground where his daughter once found faith among the ashes, a congregation is preparing to build again.