Christian comedian Tim Hawkins wants church services to resemble a football game and he has some pretty hilarious ways to do that.

For the most part, all church services follow a familiar, predictable pattern. Depending on the denomination, the praise and worship team or the choir kicks things off on Sunday morning by singing a handful of songs everyone knows well. Once that portion of the service is complete, there is typically a time for announcements and the collection of tithes and offerings.

Once the singing is over and the offering has been picked up, the pastor usually steps up to the pulpit and delivers the message. Most churches organize their Sunday services this way but of course, there is variation here and there. 

But what if churches change things up a bit? In a clip posted on Instagram, Tim suggests some possible changes to make attending a church service more like going to a football game.

“I think church should be like football,” Tim said. “Yeah, let’s get there an hour early on Sunday, tailgate. You know what I’m talking about!”

Tim also suggests a new, updated, energetic way for the praise and worship team to enter the sanctuary.

“Service starts, break through paper,” he says. “You know, the worship team breaks through paper.”

But Tim’s hysterical ideas for making church services more like a football game did not stop at tailgating in the church parking lot and a new entrance for the praise and worship team. He also had a new method for showing the pastor support after the message is given on Sunday.

“Pastor does a good sermon dump Gatorade on his head,” he said in the clip.

None of these ideas and suggestions are likely to be implemented by any church. But attendance at any church that tried these out, even for a little bit, would probably see a momentary spike in attendance on Sunday morning.

Proverbs 17:22 “A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.”