About 500 people attended the service, some carrying light saber props or wearing Darth Vader masks.
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About 500 people packed into Berlin’s Zion Church for a special Sunday service meant to mark the release of the latest The Force Awakens blockbuster while drawing more young people into the holy house, Reuters reports.
“We recognised evident Christian themes”, Garve says.
“People know “Star Wars, ‘ but unfortunately they do not know the Bible so well anymore, but if you combine the Bible with ‘Star Wars” then you get people coming to church again”, said Lucas Ludewig, one of the clergy who conducted the service.
Vicar Ulrike Garve holds up a lightsaber during a Star Wars-themed service at the Zion Church in Ber …
“It’s great that there are subjects that people are interested in”.
Plenty of light sabers were visible.
“You don’t have to take everything that’s religious too seriously”.
At the terracotta-brick Zion Church, an organist played the movie series’ theme and Ulrike Garve, a vicar in training, opened the Protestant service with the words “The wait is over – the Force has awakened!” “But for something like this, I’ll go”, he said.
A person dressed as the chewbacca character sits inside the zion church in Berlin.
Church leaders compared Star Wars to references in the New Testament of the Christian Bible of overcoming evil with good.
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Alongside Darth Vader and the Sith, devotees of the dark side of the Force, lesser known figures were also represented.
