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I'm the lead pastor of a great and very unconventional church - Church At The Movies, with campuses in Ronkonkoma and Mastic, NY - and I love doing what I do. We have hundreds of fellow radicals in our congregations who, like me, are committed to doing church for the unchurched. Totally apart from my church involvement, I work a few hours a week as a Weight Loss Consultant for Weight Watchers, which I thoroughly enjoy.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

MOVIE MADNESS

Although I am putting quite a bit of effort into getting key people elected on November 6th so that we get a new Town Board that will change the town code to clear the way for us to build, I must admit I love doing church in a movie theater.

A pastor told me this week that we have perfected the art, but I am sure there are a lot of good churches out there doing theater church even better than us.

I like the neutral ground.

I like that it's not a religious environment.

I like that our total overhead for a building is our weekly rent.

I like stadium seating.

I like cupholders in every seat.

I like all the space we get to use.

I like that there is still plenty of space to grow into.

I like milking the movie theater theme.

I like being different.

I like the huge screen that is provided for us at no extra cost.

I like being on a major road with high visibility.

I like the casual environment.

I like doing something that's pretty unique on Long Island, even though its commonplace elsewhere.

Some people can't get their heads around the idea. Some pastors can't either, but for those of us crazies who are doing it all around the country, theater church is the way to go!