2nd Worship Service News and Notes
53 days and counting down!
Praying the way towards our new worship service!
If you are planning to regularly attend the 2nd service, or just want to help lift up those who will be attending that service in prayer, please join us...
We will be praying in the sanctuary for the 2nd service every Sunday after the conclusion of the 9:00 service. We expect this time to be both worshipful and "productive" (in terms of helping us discern/develop our leadership team and volunteers for the 2nd service!)
Please join us!
Sunday Morning Schedule Proposal
8:45 Traditional Worship Service (our current service...starting 15 minutes earlier)
9:45 Discipleship Hour
(Youth classes would start at 9:45; Kingdom Quest and our Kids' Choir for Pre-K
through 5th grade would start at 10:00; adult classes will start at the discretion of
the adult members.)
10:45 Contemporary Worship Service
Why this schedule proposal?
Ministry experts have long taught that new services, especially those targeted at reaching non-regular worshippers, need to start before 11:00. A service that starts at 11:00 won't end until after 12:00...and this, even at the subliminal level, is too late for those thinking about adding worship to their Sunday routine (without giving up the rest of their day's activities). So we don't want to start the new service any later than 10:45.
We also want to ensure that we afford enough time for our Bible study and Kingdom Quest classes.
Moving the early service up 15 minutes should allow sufficient transition time to get our classes started, and completed, before the late service begins. Keeping the early service at 9:00, particularly if it runs more than 1 hour, will jeopardize our ability to give these classes the attention they need.
Our Administrative Board leaders will be meeting after worship this Sunday to discuss this proposal. Please feel free to share your thoughts with me (Pastor Steve), or any of these board members, before Sunday.