(RNS) It was sunny and 73 degrees, the perfect day for a baseball game.
But that’s not why the crowd filled the stands Sunday (Sept. 20) at Four Winds Field in South Bend, Indiana, home of the South Bend Cubs.
They were there for a church service, complete with worship leaders on the third-base line and Scriptures on the Jumbotron.
South Bend City Church — a 4-year-old church that draws on a number of Christian traditions for its music, messages and mantras — has been meeting at the minor league ballpark since the novel coronavirus pandemic threw a curveball into large gatherings like worship services.