Pastor Crawls Through Warp Pipe For Super Mario Sermon Series, Turns Into Video Game Character
Northwoods Community Church is an evangelical multisite church with campuses in Peoria and Canton, Illinois. A member of the Fellowship of Evangelical Churches, they’re led by Senior Pastor Jon Rychener, who took over the role just a few short years ago.
For years, they have put on “At the Movies” sermon series, featuring films such as Spider-Man, Indiana Jones, Top Gun, Mission Impossible, and Seabiscuit, to name a few.
During their 2023 Super Mario Sunday, Pastor Rychener was seen being “sucked into” the Super Mario video game, becoming a character for a few minutes before “returning” to the real world via a green warp pipe.
In his sermon, explaining that they use movies in the same way Jesus told stories, he highlighted the brotherly love between Mario and Luigi, encouraging the congregation to express similar affection in their relationships.
See the sermon notes below:
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