It's a "drive-in" church...like an actual "drive-in" where you went to watch movies as a child (or perhaps still do if you live in my little world, we have an operating drive in theater here!).
On a Sunday in Lucas, Texas, churchgoers didn't file into pews. They pulled into parking spots.
Vans and trucks drove into the parking lot of Lovejoy High School to be part of "Sanctuary Under the Sky," Rev. David Ray's new drive-in church.
"The sound is transmitted over the car radio so they just tune into the frequency that it's set to. They can hear, they're encouraged to participate. Everything that the congregation is asked to do is printed in the bulletin," said Ray.
Ray, pastor of Presbyterian Church of the Master, stands in the parking lot conducting the service as churchgoers watch through their dashboard windows.
Pastor Ray says: "...it's a way for people to test the waters. He also holds a more formal church service indoors an hour after the drive-in service."
Come to find out, this is not a new concept...they've been around for years. Just the first time I've heard of it!
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