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New church holds service in bar to reach new people
Mon Apr 21, 1:24 PM ET

Another round and amen! Beer was on tap and a mechanical bull inspired the sermon as a new church held its inaugural service in a western Ohio bar.
The Country Rock Church drew about 100 people to Sunday night's meeting at the Pub Lounge in Sidney, 35 miles north of Dayton.
The barroom church is an offshoot of Sidney United First Methodist Church, whose head pastor says he's been looking for creative ways to reach people in unconventional places.
The church's Web site for its new branch advertises "Top regional bands, pizza, wings, rowdy fun & a short message."
The Rev. Chris Heckaman says people really seemed to enjoy themselves so he expects the Country Rock Church will meet weekly.
Heckaman's sermon compared staying on the bar's mechanical bull to learning how to get along in life.
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On the Net:
Sidney United First Methodist: http://www.sidneyfirst.com/

I recently read about a church in Ohio that has a Methodist church service located in a bar. In my personal opinion I question this method as I seem to recall learning of a written rule in the bible that says "Thou shalt not sell anything in the house of God." But, I also came across something that stated that everyone is free to worship God in their own ways as in, to each his own way of worship, so long as there was a common belief in God. Anyways, I had a "WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO WHEN CHURCH IS IN A BAR!!?" reaction. However, I realize that there are people, men, that would rather go drink a beer with friends then wake up early for church, so maybe that is a good way to go, and that is their perogative to worship in their own way. Who knows? Its not my place to judge what some people would rather do than, I want to. But, I like the more traditional ways of a rigid church and rythmic patterns of a set pattern in a church, provided that I can make it to an evening church or actually get up on Sundays.