Photos: Welcome to the the Warwick district's first ever 'drive-in' church service!

Rev. Jonathan Jee at the drive-in service.

The Warwick district's first ever 'drive-in' church service took place at the weekend.

With the coronavirus restricting the numbers allowed for a church services, St Paul’s Church in Leamington came out with a novel idea - do a service in a field with the congregation in their cars!

And on Sunday (September 20) about 350 people came along to the Kenilworth Drive-In Cinema site to enjoy the experience.

The new drive-in church service took part on Sunday (September 20).

Rev. Adam Tams said: "The event was organised as we’ve been unable to gather as a wider church family since lockdown began.

"As a larger church in the area, we can only fit around 15-20 per cent of our church family in the building at any one time and so needed to be creative.

Kenilworth Drive-In Cinema were really generous in letting us use their space and equipment and we managed to hold event with over 350 in attendance, in around 140 cars.

"We had worship, prayer, stories about what God has been doing in our lives over the last few months and teaching from the bible.

Hundreds of people came along to the new drive-in church service took part on Sunday (September 20).

"We also had a lot of fun, with a short bible quiz and a treasure hunt inside our cars.

"The church building may have been closed, but the church has very much been open throughout lockdown - we’ve continued to serve our community, to pray, and of course continued to meet - but online.

"That said, meeting online is never going to take the place of worshiping together - and we were so blessed by the weather, and those who helped make it happen."