Center 4800 60th St. Moline,Il. Sluggers Pizza 637 1st Street Silvis, Il. This is one of the ways area churches try to attract younger people and to provide a variety of styles for people to participate in. As some of the oldest and most beautiful buildings in the Quad-Cities, churches can be seen around almost every corner. They have open doors for any resident to go through and express their spirituality, and residents are accepting the invitation.
People still are going to church and enjoying the services they find there, local clergymen say.
Religion plays an important part in the lives of Quad-Cities residents. Meeting new people, finding counseling, becoming educated about the history present in the Bible, to feel one with God and being part of a fellowship are a few reasons people are attending church. People find they can express their spirituality in many different ways. They can participate in church and its programs, but can also express it more subtly by incorporating their spirtituality into their everyday activities. The Rev. Laurence Larson, of Trinity Episcopal Church in Rock Island, said that people sometimes only see the bad things that are being shown on televison, but people are serving God and doing good things, but keeping it secret.