After six years of calling First Baptist Church Plant City’s downtown location at 503 N. Palmer St. home, City Pointe Church will be moving its worship services to the Plant City Premiere theatre at 220 W. Alexander St.
The first service will be held at the new location on Sun., Mar. 3 at 10 a.m., where the worship experience’s message won’t change but it’s method will, which will feature state-of-the-art sound and acoustics, plush seating and an atmosphere that will make every Sunday an unforgettable celebration of Jesus.
“It was always the intent for us to have our own space,” said the Elders and trustees at City Pointe Church, that moved into the downtown location six years ago that it has shared with Plant City Christian Academy. “This partnership with Premiere Cinemas is turning out to be more than we could have ever anticipated, we definitely see God’s hand in it.”
Indeed, every Sunday morning the theatre’s digital graphics will light up with City Pointe Church’s logo, welcoming worshippers to a modern church experience in a comfortable and casual environment as it teaches the community “to know who Jesus is, live as Jesus says and do as Jesus does in Plant City as it is in Heaven.”
Premiere’s largest theatre, number eight, will play host to the main sanctuary while the children’s service will be held in auditorium number seven.
Theatre Manager Marcus Beaufils is happy to welcome City Point Church to the cinema, which has made recent upgrades to better serve its customers, including becoming ADA compliant by providing effective communication to patrons who are deaf, hard of hearing or blind. “All auditoriums are available for everybody,” he said.
He cannot wait to open the doors on that first Sunday morning and have people sit in his beautiful sanctuary of cinema. “Going to church and going to the movies is similar because we come together as strangers and leave different,” he said.
With eight screens, there’s plenty of room for the church to grow, which the Elders and Trustees hope will happen as the church reaches more people with its statement of beliefs, “In essentials, unity, In non-essentials, liberty. In everything, love.”
“We anticipate there is going to be increased attendance and we’re going to grow,” said the Elders and Trustees. “We’re already planning to eventually have two services to accommodate growth, which we welcome.”
For more information about City Pointe Church and to RSVP for Sun., Mar. 3, visit citypointechurch.com. For more information about Premiere Cinemas visit pccmovies.com.