Church’s new commandment divides football fans

 

Those who regularly pass Southside Church of Christ on Nicholasville Road are used to seeing Christian messages on the church’s sign.

“Jesus is ready for you,” it might say. “Are you ready for Jesus?”

Then, a couple of days ago, the secular replaced the sacred on Southside’s sign: “UK Football Parking Pass 278-9533.”

What happened?

In a word, prohibition.

The church, located near UK’s Commonwealth Stadium, has rented out its parking lot on football Saturdays for a decade to raise money for summer mission trips, explained the Rev. Barrett Coffman.

“This is a prime location and typically our parking spaces are always sold out,” Coffman said. “But this last year, we made the move to a dry lot and in doing that, we lost some of our long-time parkers.”

“Dry lot” means alcohol-free. Parkers can tailgate, but not drink alcohol.

The empty spaces “were taken very quickly,” Coffman said. “We are already sold out.”

The sacred returned to Southside’s sign on Thursday evening.

 

 

 

 

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