ITEMS OF INTEREST July 23, 2007 Issue

ITEMS OF INTEREST

with contributions from Jennifer Becknell, Gordon Lubold, Canon Robert Williams

ONCE A MONTH, members of Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church [in Rock Hill, South Carolina] gather for a Sunday evening worship amid an atmosphere more akin to a concert than a traditional church service.

Worshippers can don shorts and blue jeans for the activity center service. Contemporary instruments like an electric guitar, drums, and keyboard provide music....

The service—an addition to three weekly Sunday morning gatherings—is part of the church's effort to create a welcoming atmosphere to people in their 20s and 30s, who are disproportionately absent from many churches, and to those who may be seeking Christianity but are unfamiliar with church customs. The service also serves as an alternative to traditional worship, and attracts a mixed-age crowd of 100 to 150, from teens to retirees.

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