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Holy water be damned. The 11:45 am Sunday service at the 5,000-member Lovers Lane United Methodist Church in Dallas delivers a total immersion experience: five huge television screens, three sound systems, Broadway lights. "It actually personalizes the service," says pastor Stan Copeland. "You can see the preacher's eyes water if he's telling a story that touches his heart."
Lumicon, a Dallas video and digital production company, makes such razzle-dazzle devotion possible for the humblest church mouse. Costs range from $300 to $2,000 a year (plus another $10,000 to $15,000 for hardware). About 135 churches, including Lovers Lane, have subscribed to the weekly resource of computer graphics, videos, music, and film clips. Thousands more are inquiring. Now if they could just come up with a mute button for off-key choirs.
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