Bengaluru Church Holds ‘Drive-In’ Service

Bengaluru: Places of religious worship across the country are finding ingenious ways of facilitating worship and prayers amid the coronavirus lockdown.

In the latest, a city church in Bengaluru, on Sunday, conducted a drive-in worship service. The congregation attended the service sitting in their cars to maintain physical distancing, reported Hindustan Times (HT).

“Welcome to the Worship on Wheels (WOW) as we begin reopening of the church. Give a shout of praise to Jesus with your mask on. Hallelujah,” said a priest of Bethel AG Church International Worship Centre from the stage in an open plot where several cars lined up for the Sunday service, reported HT.

Several people attended the church at Hebbal in all kinds of cars, wearing a mask and maintaining a physical distance.

The church conducted the service in a plot acquired in December 2019, located 200 metres away from the current complex in Hebbal, where a larger church building was planned to be built.

Six services were held on Sunday – two each for those driving-in on motorcycles and cars and two more inside the church for the devotees taking public transport or walking in.

Services for people arriving on bikes was scheduled at 7 am and 5 pm, on cars at 9 am and 7 pm and for walk-ins at 11 am and 1 pm. What is more, to pray for those who cannot attend any of the six services, an online sermon was live-streamed at 12 pm on Facebook and YouTube, reported HT.