Accustomed to daily Mass, they make do for now with weekly services.
"I would like to have weekly services for the kids," he said, "and increase the religious content of their lives."
They see more than 500 people a week make first time decisions in their weekly services.
The church holds weekly services and other events in the old school room.
Since then the church has been maintained for weekly services.
And religious organizations want to extend their influence beyond weekly services.
Their weekly service is about 9 hours a week, 25 or 33 weeks a year.
It is very active with a range of regular community events being held in addition to weekly services.
At the same time, the number of weekly services increased from 14 to 34.
In 1952 it became a weekly service with a subscription rate of $10 a year.