FRIENDSHIP — A group of Friendship churches will be hosting free public viewings of two nationally-acclaimed movies next month as it continues its focus on helping to grow strong marriages and families within the area.

The films will be shown from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The Mission House Family Center, former site of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, offices and rectory at 30 E. Main St., on Wednesday nights both prior to and after the July 4 weekend.

The What God is Doing in Friendship ny alliance of churches is hosting the Kendrick Brothers produced films, Fireproof on July 2 and Overcomer on July 9.

They are being shown through the auspices of Drive-In Ministries of Prattville, Ala., a missionaries team which provided an outdoor viewing last year of War Room, another Kendrick Brothers production, over the July 4 Weekend at Island Park. Due to the lateness of the hour in being able to start an outdoor movie, the July viewings are being moved inside.

Fireproof has been proclaimed for its strong message of enhancing and strengthening marriages, even in the midst of conflict.

After seven years of marriage, according to the screen scenario, Fire Capt. Caleb Holt and his wife, Catherine, have drifted so far apart that Catherine wishes she had never married.

As the couple prepares to enter divorce, Caleb’s father challenges his son to commit to a 40-day adventure he calls “The Love Dare.”

Caleb’s job in firefighting is to rescue others. Now he faces his toughest job ever … rescuing his wife’s heart.

In Overcomer, Coach John Harrison’s high school basketball team’s state championship dreams are crushed when the largest manufacturing plant in town suddenly shuts down and hundreds of families begin moving away.

A new challenge emerges when the school principal urges Harrison to fill in and coach a sport he doesn’t even know or like, with a single player struggling with her own journey in life.

The film is designed to leave viewers filled with hope, inspiring to dream, and asking the question: what do you allow to define you?

In addition to the three films, the Kendrick Brothers also have created other titles such as Flywheel, Facing the Giants, Courageous and Show Me the Father.

The showings are part of the alliance of churches focus on helping to build stronger marriages and families throughout the area.

Participating churches already have joined this year in hosting a Valentine’s Dinner at Houghton University, creating a scholarship fund in support of those wishing to attend the national FamilyLife Weekend to Remember couples retreats and promoting materials as part of National Marriage Week to help build stronger marriages.

They have been engaged for more than a year in enhancing the use of The Mission House to provide more family activities.

Earlier this month it hosted Friendship’s National Children’s Day at that location and is developing other community initiatives for the summer.

Further information about the movies and other alliance activities is available at WhatGodisDoing@outlook.com or (585) 664-9989, or by joining or following its group Facebook page at https://tinyurl.com/God-in-Friendship-FB.