Saturday Night Worship / Party

I've talked about Mars Hill before, and their creative thinking. This video promoting their Saturday night worship in Downtown Seattle would be considered outside-the-square in lots of churches merely for worshipping on a Saturday, let alone having a video to spread the word. But the reasons behind it are where it gets really missional.


Based on Paul's speech to the men of Athens, they figure that in some ways their city today is quite similar to Athens in Paul's day. So, after the Saturday night worship, the people of Mars Hill are invited to

continue the worship by going out into the neighborhood to restaurants, bars, and other gatherings. More than merely showing up, we want to encourage all to share the love, grace, and celebration of the gospel with the people in the places where they do their worship.

Essentially, they see their Saturday night worship as a celebration of Jesus, and after the 'service' they take the party to the city.