The Sunday service at Greater Grace Temple began with the Clark Sisters song \u201cI\u2019m Looking for a Miracle\u201d\u009d and included a reading of this verse from the Book of Romans: \u201cI consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
Pentecostal Bishop Charles H. Ellis III, who shared the sanctuary\u2019s wide altar with three gleaming sport utility vehicles, closed his sermon by leading the choir and congregants in a boisterous rendition of the gospel singer Myrna Summers\u2019s \u201cWe\u2019re Gonna Make It\u201d\u009d as hundreds of worshipers who work in the automotive industry \u201d\u201d union assemblers, executives, car salesmen \u201d\u201d gathered six deep around the altar to have their foreheads anointed with consecrated oil.<\/p>\n
While Congress debated aid to the foundering Detroit automakers Sunday, many here whose future hinges on the decision turned to prayer.<\/p>\n
Outside the Corpus Christi Catholic Church, a sign beckoned passers-by inside to hear about \u201cGod\u2019s bailout plan.\u201d\u009d Roman Catholic churches in the Detroit area distributed a four-page letter from Cardinal Adam Maida, the archbishop, offering \u201csome pastoral insights and suggestions about how we might prepare to celebrate Christmas this year when economic conditions are so grim.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n