Churches use gas giveaways to boost attendance

Churches use gas giveaways to boost attendance

Source: Detroit Free Press - United States

Author: BLAKE NICHOLSON • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Date: 31 August, 2008

Carol Umsted got more than the word of God during services this summer at the Congregational United Church of Christ of Valley City.

She also got $50 worth of free gas, thanks to winning a raffle. For the local farmer, it was a nice side benefit, at a time when gas was more than $4 a gallon.