YORK TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Temple Baptist Church is building a following for its Sunday morning drive-in service.

According to the York Daily Record, the church offers drive-in services at 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. The services are offered spring, summer and fall.

As people arrive, church members direct them to park facing the small portico where the pastor preaches and where the song leader plays hymns on guitar. The AM radio signal that broadcasts the service can't be heard beyond the church's parking lot.

Members say that some who have visited became members later. Others just pass through, stopping for experience after seeing the highway-side sign advertising the drive-in service.

The church hopes the service will draw people who have never been to church and may feel intimidated by a traditional service. People often come with their dogs and cats.

"You could come in your housecoat if you wanted to," said interim pastor, the Rev. Bob Hylton. "It provides the anonymity that some folks may be looking for."

According to the story, as many as 200 people attend the second service, but the early service worshipers, such as Dottie Brenner, are the regulars.

"I'm a morning person," Brenner said from the front seat of her white Mitsubishi. "I've been coming to the drive-in for the last eight years."

Brenner wrote notes from the sermon on a three-by-five card on her steering wheel -- "use time wisely ... cultivate positive values ... love your work ... choose friends carefully ... ."

Drive-in attendees are invited to stay for Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., but many leave right after the service. Brenner had to tackle her laundry and other chores at home.

When the 45-minute service ended, Hylton stood on the sidewalk in a receiving line of cars, shaking hands and catching up on family news with members and introducing himself to visitors.

A church member stood beside him, holding a basket, and one by one, drivers dropped in their offerings.

Sometimes people come 15 minutes early to the service, park next to each other, roll down their windows and talk. Others talk in their cars even after the service begins.