Teenagers held a praise service during a traffic jam. Thirty-nine members of a youth group and eight chaperones from Northside United Methodist Church in Jackson, Tenn., were returning wet and tired from a rafting trip when their chartered bus became stuck in a traffic jam on Interstate 24 because of an accident a mile ahead. The teens invited other motorists to use the bathroom in their bus, played with children in nearby cars, and obtained permission from the driver of a flatbed truck nearby to use his trailer for a praise service, United Methodist News Service said.
All 47 climbed onto the flatbed, pulling out several guitars and a harmonica. People gathered around to listen as they sang lively songs they had learned weeks before at Jubilee Weekend in Lake Junaluska, N.C. Before long, 25 more teens arrived and climbed aboard the truck, including those from a Church of Christ in Nashville, the news service said.
The bus was filled with lines of people waiting for the bathroom, and the flatbed was surrounded by an audience. People with food began to pass it out to those who didn’t have any. Some motorists on the other side of the interstate, where the traffic was moving, pulled over to take photographs.
The praise service lasted two hours, ending when the students got word that the wreck was about to be cleared and they should return to the bus. “What a witness it was,” one participant said.
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Source: C U R R E N T N E W S S U M M A R Y
by the Editors at ReligionToday.com
Aug. 10, 1999