August 21, 2008
A Texas Town Skips Church for a Day to Undertake the 'Big Serve'
Church attendance is such a big part of life in the Texas hill town of Wimberley that a dozen churches serve the community of 3,800 residents and many churches hold services more than once on Sundays.
But churchgoing in Wimberley took on new meaning one Sunday morning this summer when most churches canceled or shortened services so parishioners could donate a full morning of volunteer labor to spruce up Wimberley schools. Participants in the "Big Serve," as it was called, mowed lawns,
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