Church

Oops…My Bad!

Sep 3, 2008

I was wrong!

When we launched our Greenville campus on July 13th I assumed that attendance on our Anderson campus would decrease; after all, we had between 700 - 1,000 people sign committments saying they would attend Greenville.

SO…we switched things up here at the Anderson campus and consolidated two evening worship expriences into one, thinking that it would take around three to six months to see an increase back to our original attendance numbers.

WRONG!
The week we launched Greenville (with over 1,700 people) our attendance on the Anderson campus INCREASED by 500 people!  We were shocked…but then it kept on happening week after week!

 

So…changes must be made!  We are, once again, adding a fourth worship experience in Anderson at 4:15. 

(That would be PM…in case ANYONE is wondering!)

The 9:15, 11:15 & 4:15 will all be identical…and the 6:00 will still feature extra music from our worship team.
Here’s the deal…the three services we currently have (especially 11:15 & 6:00) are ABSOLUTELY SLAMMED!  We literally ran out of seats a couple of weeks ago at 11:15!!!  There were around 200 people that had to sit in the lobby!

SO…I am issuing a challenge to our church…we need as many people as possible, for the month of September, to commit to come at 4:15...thus freeing up seats at 9:15 & 11:15!  (According to statistics…those are the times a person is most likely to visit a church.)

Parents…we are giving away free ice cream away to the kids who come at 4:15 all through September…and we’ve told them!!!  And what kid doesn’t like ice cream?  (Don’t email me…I know there are some…they are the exception!!!)

I am so glad I was wrong!!!  Jesus is doing an amazing work among us…and one of the things we need to embrace and own as a church is making sure that people have a seat when they show up to NewSpring…and you can do that by simply making the committment to being here at 4:15.

That’s it for now…can’t wait for Sunday!