Parking lot parishioners congregate at church in Marysville

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Houses of worship can host drive-in services to deliver religious and spiritual messages.

MARYSVILLE — Pastor Aaron Thompson was on the pulpit, speaking into his headset microphone like all the other Sunday church services he led there for the past five years or the 20 before that with another congregation.

But the seats at Marysville Foursquare Church were empty, except two in the sound booth.

Just outside the doors, dozens of people sat in their cars, SUVs and trucks. The parking lot parish watched Thompson deliver his sermon on a 15-second delay via Facebook Live video on their smartphones.

“The church forever has preached that it’s not a building, it’s a community,” he said before members of the church arrived.

Some of them indulged in an ice pop handed out by church leaders and youth members on an unusually warm early May day. A few brought folding chairs and propped them on a truck’s tailgate.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/drive-in-service-makes-marysville-church-a-parking-lot-parish/

[jimfields33]

1. New way of life

Get a swab (test) and go to church. I’d rather they be in a car then on foot.

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2. That's great! Finally, a pastor that values his people more than his collection plate!