Idea Starter: Family-Friendly Outdoor Movie Night

Take advantage of the warm summer months to host a laid-back movie event at your church. Encourage church and community members to bring lawn chairs or blankets. Rent a popcorn or cotton candy machine and provide cold drinks. Project a family-friendly movie against the side of your church. Or clear the chairs in the sanctuary and show the movie inside instead.

What you need to know to host a movie event …

Walking Like Jesus

Jesus seems to have an unhurried pace. That is to say, he always seems to have time to stop for people, even when doing so was annoying to those around him.

Fight Church: A Fighting Chance

“Here was a people group that wasn’t being served by any form of chaplaincy like many major sports have,” says Pastor Joshua Boyd, of the local MMA community. “And they needed care just like anyone else.”

Perfectly Imperfect Churches

Most of the great breakthroughs and innovative ideas are a result of problems being viewed not as a problem to solve, but an opportunity to make things better.