Now playing: Church services held at multiplex
By BARBARA LIVINGSTON NACKMAN
THE JOURNAL NEWS
July 2, 2007

Popcorn and soda won't be for sale, but Bible readings and accepting Jesus as savior now get top billing at the Carmel Multiplex on Sunday mornings.

Lakeview Community Church has begun assembling its 80 members for one-hour weekly prayer services at 9:45 a.m. in any one of the eight theaters at the ShopRite plaza on Route 52.

For the past three years, the evangelical church met on Sunday mornings for Christian stories and song at Casey Hall in Carmel High School, but construction set for this summer left the faithful homeless.

The school district did offer an auditorium at Kent Elementary School, but when the Rev. Brian McIntyre, 37, of Carmel discovered the town's movie house was an option, he said he decided to try a dramatic new venue. the rest