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Note 561 by UMNS on Jan. 22, 1998 at 10:09 Eastern (1107 characters).

TEXT: Old Patterns Absent at New Church

CONTACT: Thomas S. McAnally				34(10-71B){561}
         Nashville, Tenn. (615) 742-5470	  Jan. 21, 1998

NOTE:  This may be used as a sidebar to UMNS story #34{561}

Informality order of the day
at new Canton Friendship Church

Traditional trappings and patterns of worship will be absent from the new
Canton Friendship Church congregation near Detroit. It's first service was
held in a community center here Jan. 11.
¨ No robes.  The clergy don't even wear ties.
¨ No pressure about membership.  The church won't begin registering members
for two years.
¨ No somber organ music. The band on the first Sunday included the " . . .
where everybody knows your name" theme from "Cheers".
¨ Hot coffee before and during the service.
¨ A casual dress code. "You don't have to be fashionable . . . just
comfortable," said a promotional brochure mailed within the region.
¨ Songs projected on a 7-by-10-foot screen.
¨ Brief sermons addressing practical issues such as family relationships.
¨ Humorous skits performed by a troupe of actors.
¨ No heavy-handed fund raising.
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