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Article: FLOCKING TO EASTER CHURCHES ANTICIPATE BIG CROWDS.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- April 11, 2004
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Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer
Millions of Christians throughout the Southland will join today in worship to sing the Easter refrain: ``He has risen.''
They will congregate on hilltops and under the stars. Squeeze into church pews with light shining through stained glass windows. Or pack circus tents and makeshift sanctuaries to sound their faith in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
They'll hear homilies on redemption, sermons on salvation and calls for transformation. All in the polyglot tongues common to Los Angeles.
``I call Easter the Super Bowl for most preachers,'' said the Rev. Dudley Rutherford, pastor of Shepherd of ...