... And, dear God, please supersize that, amen.A church in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, has come up with a new and very American approach to spreading the Good News: It runs the planet's first drive-through prayer booth. Located in a strip mall strip mall n. A shopping complex containing a row of various stores, businesses, and restaurants that usually open onto a common parking lot. Noun 1. in Tustin, California Tustin is a city in Orange County, California, United States. As of the 2006 census, the city had a total population of 70,871. The city is located next to the county seat, Santa Ana, and does not include the Tustin Foothills. and staffed by volunteers from the neighboring Main Place Christian Fellowship Church Christian Fellowship Church(CFC) is a non-denominational mega-church located in Evansville, Indiana. David Niednagel, the current senior pastor, founded the church in 1974. As of August 2007 the church has an average weekly attendance of 2,800 adults. , the brightly painted prayer shack offers motorists "the spiritual equivalent of a Happy Meal to go." (The Dallas Morning News, May 31, 2003). This latest reincarnation reincarnation (rē'ĭnkärnā`shən) [Lat.,=taking on flesh again], occupation by the soul of a new body after the death of the former body. of a former drive-through photo booth is designed to offer people a convenient, nonthreatening alternative to walking inside a church. Besides giving people a chance to say a quickie prayer with the pastoral attendant, the booth also offers free Bibles, a flower, and free bottled water. The drive-through customers' prayer requests are also added to a running list of petitions and given to church volunteers to pray over each morning. The Rev. David Cottrill, a pastor at the sponsoring church, told the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). (April 14, 2003), "The majority of people around here are Christians, but they don't go to church. So when they have a problem, they don't have anyone to turn to." He has noticed that at the booth "we get a lot of circlers. They'll circle the booth a few times. Some will stop. Others won't." The demand so far has turned out to be modest, no more than one customer per hour. The Jolly Jug liquor store in the same strip mall apparently still attracts quite a bit more traffic. |
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