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Junkyard Church

A church service is held every Sunday in a junk yard on Chicago's South Side. The preacher is 82, the services are non-denominational, and the congregation is made up of the homeless as well as customers and employees of the junk yard. NPR'S Edward Lifson reports that those who attend the services say they don't need a pristine setting or a church to find God. (8:00) (IN S

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