Just want to put an idea "out there" for us to think about for summer ministry. I've done some preliminary investigation into church video licenses that allow us to show movie clips, full length movies, etc. For a church our size (I went up to 499 people for outreach purposes.), it looks like a license would cost us $200 for a year. With this license, we can show feature-length films on our property (i.e. the patio, parking lot, gym), from film production companies on the approved list. (Approved companies include Dreamworks, United Artists, Universal Studios, Disney, etc.) The restrictions would be that we could not charge admission and that we can't advertise the film names (or film characters or actors) to the general public.
What if we had a month of "family movie nights," once a week, on the patio, for instance? We could put up the big screen we used to use in church, against the fence, and have people sit on the patio and steps going up to the church. On the side by the park we could sell popcorn, candy and kool-aid or soda for just a little over what it costs us to buy it (we'd put any profits back into this ministry). We can use rented dvd's, per the license, and put them up on the screen with our projector. We could do this Friday nights or Saturday nights and simply advertise them as "family movie nights" and say that each week a family-friendly film will be shown on the patio at our address. We could put the film names in our bulletin (we can't post them to the general public) so people from church could invite friends or families in their neighborhood. I just talked to the CVLI license people on the phone. They said we can show movies on the patio as long as the screen doesn't face the street where just anyone can see it. The screen would have to face the church building. And $200 a year for the license isn't so bad.
Below is the link to the CVLI license page, and they have an 888 number to call with questions (don't press "2" - it's always busy - press "1" to talk to someone if you have questions about how we can use the license).
Let me know what you think!
http://www.cvli.com/main.cfm
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So I was checking out the patio today, in case this is something we decide to do. We could put the screen up against the flag pole and there's a ring we could attach it to with a carabiner or rope. We could then run ropes to the side and front fences to hold it up in a breeze. The ropes would be high enough where they wouldn't catch anyone. We could put the refreshment area between the church and the park on the park side. Then, people would sit on the patio and on the middle steps to watch the movie. The screen wouldn't be visible on the street.
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