Shall we gather at the drive-in? NC church holds Sunday service in theater parking lot.

[TexasTowelie]

Standing on an outdoor stage and the promise that a church is not its building, Pastor Will Breedlove invited the people of Henderson’s Harriett Baptist for services Sunday morning in the parking lot of a drive-in movie theater in town.

And whenever the words of his sermon moved their spirits, the people honked their vehicle horns and said, “Amen.”

“I just wanted to be able to gather and keep people safe,” Breedlove said before the 11 a.m service at the Raleigh Road Outdoor Theatre. His earlier service, at 9:30 a.m., drew a full house under the current rule: no more than 50 people total, with church volunteers in orange vests directing traffic to park only in every other spot.

For good measure, congregants were instructed to keep their car windows closed and listen to the service through their car radios, via the tiny FM station the theater uses to provide audio for movies.

Read more: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article241604316.html

[mr_lebowski]

1. Kudos ... smart way to do it. I suspect drive-in's are going to experience a brief resurgence ...

As people start renting them during days for all kinds of stuff where people want to experience things as a group, even if that just means sitting in their cars ... at least they can see others.

Could have maybe have concerts there too, put the music over the FM channel, show video of the band on the big screen.

[msongs]

2. read a recent article about that but theaters not open yet for the warm season nt

[Sherman A1]

3. Seems like a good idea 💡

Smart thinking on the part of the pastor.