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Every July, LifeChurch.tv (Edmond, OK) hosts a sermon series called “At the Movies” that uses movie clips to illustrate spiritual truths. And every year LifeChurch.tv sets new attendance records.

To add some extra fun to the sermon series, each campus decorates their facility with a movie theme. This year Stillwater’s campus did Field of Dreams and created a baseball diamond in their lobby complete with dirt. However, my favorite theme from this year is the Tulsa campus’ Toy Story theme. Here are some highlights:

OUTSIDE
Before you even enter the church, you are greeted by a Toy Story “At the Movies” wall mural and Pizza Planet golf carts to shuttle you to the door.

Toy Story Mural

Pizza Planet Golf Carts

ENTRANCE
As you enter the building, you pass through a tunnel of Legos and pop out from under a giant bed into a lobby child’s room full of larger than life toys.

Toy Story Lego Entrance

Toy Story Bed

INSIDE
The lobby features Buzz Lightyear himself greeting guests in front of an over-sized Etch-A-Sketch (his packaging is off to the side). Toys sit atop a giant furniture. Aliens sit inside a toy rocket. And the church refreshment stand is now a Pizza Planet franchise.

Buzz Lightyear

Buzz Lightyear Packaging

Toy Story Army Man

Toy Story Piggy Bank

Toy Story Aliens in Rocket

Pizza Planet Restaurant

Also, watch out for the giant electrical cord!

Toy Story Electrical Cord

To experience an “At the Movies” sermon, visit one of LifeChurch.tv’s many campuses or attend online at one of 48 weekly service times. Due to movie licensing rights, these sermons will not be available to watch online after the sermon series, so be sure to catch “At the Moves” while it is still going on.

Special thanks to @johnadavis (LifeChurch.tv Logistcs Director) and @derrickhenslee (LifeChurch.tv Tulsa Campus Pastor) for taking the photos.

Comments

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  1. Kirk Longhofer on July 22, 2010 9:46 am

    Fantastic… as always? Quick question. How is LC managing the copyright issues here?

  2. Kent Shaffer on July 22, 2010 10:20 am

    @Kirk

    I am not sure on the specifics of how LifeChurch.tv handles the aspects of copyright issues for At the Movies, but I do know that the Central offices risk management team is very thorough on vetting out all issues to make sure that LifeChurch.tv is in compliance and paying appropriate royalties.

  3. evie on July 22, 2010 10:58 am

    Amazing! I love it.

  4. steveharrison on July 22, 2010 1:50 pm

    Kent, cool story here…love the “At The Movies” series, all the folks that come through and the looks on their faces, then the best part knowing that our Savior is transforming lives through the messages…good stuff…trust you, Evie, & the kids are enjoying OKC/Edmond…visited with your dad this past weekend, it’s always good to see him…blessings and have a great week!!

  5. Kent Shaffer on July 22, 2010 1:53 pm

    @steve

    Tulsa did a great job this year. OKC has been good to us. It is an honor and exciting to help at Central offices.

  6. Whitney George on July 22, 2010 3:54 pm

    Beautiful work! Great job LC. Inspiring stuff.

  7. Youth Minister Yorba Linda on July 22, 2010 11:15 pm

    wonderful job… very inspiring..

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  10. Dan on August 20, 2010 5:21 pm

    Yet another enormous waste of money, time, and resources to entertain in the name of Jesus. I look at this and think of all the families that could have been provided groceries for, the single-moms who could’ve had their cars fixed, or the grandparents-turned-parents again to their grandkids had one of many expenses paid for.

    What a terrible use of money.

    I believe God will still be glorified despite the reckless use of baseless entertainment pretending to be the Gospel. There are just soooo many legit things all that money could have been used for to bring the Good News to folks.

  11. Kent Shaffer on August 20, 2010 5:36 pm

    @Dan

    You might be pleased to know that this annual sermon series has changed some lives for the better.
    Watch this phenomenal story about Jeff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eck72OCDl0
    I know Jeff, and he is one of the most remarkable Christians I know in Tulsa.

    I understand your perspective, but be careful how you judge. Grace is a wonderful thing. It is fine to disagree, but you use some pretty harsh language.

    Although each one of us is flawed in some area, it is fortunate that the Holy Spirit is able to work threw our imperfections and less than ideal methods to give God the glory and create life change.

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