Church attendance has been slightly up since the recession has hit families hard, especially at Alsip's Lighthouse Church of all Nations (that reminded Linda of the church she used to pass driving to NJ on Rt. 95, Our Lady of the Highway.) To further increase his congregations attendance, the Pastor is holding a 3 lotteries on Sunday. He is calling it a "Holy Lottery" where 3 lucky seat numbers will be pulled each week. The winners go home with big cash prizes. In just 5 weeks, attendance has gone up by 900 people. Where does he get the money? He takes it out of the offering plate. Along with the lottery, he has a shredder for credit cards and bank reps on hand to offer savings accounts with a gift of $25 to open their accounts. And all this time I thought humans went to church to worship God.
