Alva Review-Courier -

On a rainy Sunday morning, March 22, Rev. John Clapp wandered around the west parking lot of Alva's Market, greeting people in the cars gradually filing in, parking in columns, and adjusting their radios to hear what was about to take place.

Alva was having it's first-ever drive-in church.

It took some doing. Alva's Market donated the space. Starr Lumber donated a flat-bed truck for Clapp to stand on. Under a blue canopy to keep off the rain, helpers worked the computers and the sound system.

Teresa Clapp started the service off, standing on the impromptu stage and singing "It Is Well With My...