Sunday worship at Calvary Foursquare Church in Silver Spring, Md., starts in an empty parking lot. The congregants usually arrive on foot with well-worn Bibles in hand. They come in groups, Latino mothers and toddlers, grandparents and friends. "QueDios te bendiga"—May the Lord bless you—each one says, offering hugs and kisses to everyone they meet. They board a refurbished school bus painted with a Bible verse and the church's Spanish name: Iglesia Cuadrangular el Calvario. When it pulls out into the busy street, I hop in my car and follow. Twenty minutes later, the bus makes a sudden left into another parking lot—this one 15 times as large, home to Trinity Assembly of God Church—and this place is packed. A dozen men in neon yellow jackets keep the cars from fighting for spaces. At least five people tumble out of every car and van, usually families of three generations, tambourines in tow. Hearing the singing from inside my car, I follow them through the sanctuary doors.
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机译：星期天，在马里兰州银泉市的各各他四方教堂举行礼拜活动时，是在一个空旷的停车场开始的。混血儿通常带着破旧的圣经步行到达。他们成群结队，拉丁裔的母亲和幼儿，祖父母和朋友。每个人都说“愿主祝福你”，每个人都说，向他们遇到的每个人表示拥抱和亲吻。他们登上一辆翻新过的校车，上面刻有圣经经文和教堂的西班牙名字：Iglesia Cuadrangular el Calvario。当它驶入繁忙的街道时，我跳上车跟随。二十分钟后，巴士突然驶入另一个停车场-这个停车场的大小是上帝教堂的三位一体大会的所在地，是这个停车场的15倍-并且这个地方人满为患。十几个人穿着霓虹灯黄色夹克，阻止汽车争夺空间。每辆汽车和货车（通常是三代人的家庭）中至少有5个人从手推车上摔下来。我从车内听到歌声，然后跟随他们穿过圣所的门。
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