'Star Wars' helps churches connect with young congregations

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Posted on Sat, May. 28, 2005

'Star Wars' helps churches connect with young congregations

As Revenge of Sith rakes in hundreds of millions of dollars, some American religious leaders are leafing through the story, looking for spiritual truths. Others are hopping on the Star Wars bandwagon, hoping to use the blockbuster to attract members of Generation X.

At All Saints Episcopal Church in Lexington this week, churchgoers celebrated Star Wars Sunday, complete with interplanetary prayer and song. A few miles away, at CenterPointe Christian Church, the minister is giving a series of seven sermons on "The Force."

On Sunday, All Saints parishioners sang Jedis for Jesus and prayed for the leaders of "the universe, galaxy, star system, world, country, state and city." They also asked God to make Lexington Bishop Stacy Sauls and other Episcopal leaders "as wise as Master Yoda ... as brave as Luke Skywalker and as fair as Obi-Wan Kenobi."

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Christians took a pagan winter solstice celebration and turned it into Christmas, and now they're transforming Star Wars and other Hollywood hits, notes Good News Magazine editor Steve Beard.
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