» WaPo: At Uptown, Sundays to Get a Dose Of Divinity (Jacqueline L. Salmon)

Starting in January, Uptown theater, the art deco movie landmark in Cleveland Park that has hosted such blockbusters as "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Star Wars," will reach a bit higher into the heavens.

McLean Bible Church said yesterday that it will take over the theater's giant screen on Sunday mornings for worship services, as part of the megachurch's ambitious plan to expand across the Washington area. The church plans to beam its Sunday services from its McLean campus, where 13,000 people worship on average, onto the Uptown's screen for D.C. congregants who want to pray closer to home.

There are quite a few churches in the Houston area that use movie theaters as either a satellite outlet or a launching pad for getting their own digs. But the Houston parallel to this would be holding church at the River Oaks Theater ... something that I'd like to point out would be really cool in case someone cares to take that concept on. I can't say I've been to a church service where I could also pick up some Junior Mints, though. Put it on my list of things to do.