{"id":628,"date":"2009-06-04T16:30:25","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T16:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=628"},"modified":"2010-12-22T12:53:42","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T17:53:42","slug":"7106","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2009\/06\/04\/7106\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Worship Through Service\u2019 Replaces Customary Gathering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VILLA PARK, IL (June 4, 2009) \u2013 Neighbors around <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vpcovenant.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Villa Park Covenant Church<\/a> were glad that the youth group didn\u2019t worship at church recently.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n\u201cWe gathered for songs and prayer and then broke up into small groups to do servant evangelism,\u201d says Beth Hill, director of Christian education and youth. \u201cInstead of a worship service, we worshiped through service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That included doing yard work for free. One woman who benefited from the labor wrote the group to express her gratitude, saying, \u201cI will never forget it. The day was like a miracle to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The youth group also packed lunches for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dupagepads.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Public Action to Deliver Shelter<\/a> (PADS), which seeks to wipe out homelessness in DuPage County. 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