Box Score for Weekend of June 25/26

June 27, 2005 in Inside GCC with 10 Comments

Here’s the "box score" for this past weekend at Granger Community Church.

Music: "Rich Girl" by Gwen Stefani (You read that right.)

Message: "Winning the War for Love" — Rob Wegner, Pastor of Life Development, addressed two more of the"seven deadly sins" by talking about the dangers of greed and lust. He taught about combating both through agape love.

War_mainService Highlights: All I can say is you’ve probably not heard church music like what was used at Granger Community Church this past weekend. I’m guessing Gwen Stefani’s song won’t be picked up for the next edition of the United Methodist Hymnal; however, there was probably no better song to illustrate greed in today’s culture and lay the foundation for an incredible message on God’s love.

Stats: 4,623 total attendance (3,701 adults + 922 kids); 22.6% increase from the same weekend last year

Percentage of weekend attendance by service:

  1. Sun 10:15 am = 26%
  2. Sat 5:30 pm = 20%
  3. Sun 11:45 am = 18%
  4. Sat 7:30 pm = 18%
  5. Sun 8:45 am = 18%

Final Notes: The service also included a video to promote the upcoming block parties that the church is hosting throughout the South Bend region on July 10. You can view the trailer on the Block Party page at GCCwired.com. Napoleon Dynamite fans will probably really appreciate it. It’s flippin’ sweet!

10 Responses to “Box Score for Weekend of June 25/26”

  1. Bumble June 28, 2005 at 12:07 am #

    4,623 total attendance (3,701 adults + 922 kids): Does it account for duplication (people attending multiple services)? And what gadgets do you use to count and report for attendance?

  2. Tony Morgan June 28, 2005 at 9:10 am #

    Bumble, we take head counts in our auditorium and classrooms after the services start. It’s highly possible that there are a handful of people that decide to attend two services, but there, of course, would be no way for us to know that since we aren’t tracking actual names in the auditorium. The numbers do not include volunteers serving.

    Tony

  3. Bumble June 28, 2005 at 7:05 pm #

    Do you guys actually have someone count by hand? Wow.

  4. Tony Morgan June 28, 2005 at 7:36 pm #

    More than one person does it so that we get it right. We do just about everything in teams around Granger…including counting.

  5. Newman June 28, 2005 at 8:43 pm #

    I’ve been to your church and love it!! I hope you guys know how many seats are set up and then just count the empty seats!! it would be much easier!

  6. Bumble June 29, 2005 at 2:27 am #

    Wouldn’t people be bored with the manual counting? I mean, it’s not creative or rewarding, let alone having “more than one person does it so that we get it right”…

  7. Drew June 29, 2005 at 4:26 am #

    How do you turn numbers into followers of Jesus?

  8. Tony Morgan June 29, 2005 at 8:45 am #

    We tell people about Jesus and encourage them to take their next step toward Christ by connecting with others in a faith journey, learning how to pursue spiritual growth, getting actively involved in serving him, encouraging people to discover and engage their life mission, and helping people worship Jesus with their lives.

  9. Wes July 7, 2005 at 4:01 pm #

    We did a similar video to promote a communiuty event that we are putting on tonight see it here: http://dynamitedowntown.com/video

  10. tony morgan July 7, 2005 at 4:48 pm #

    Wes, great video!

    By the way, are you from Augusta, GA? As in home of Augusta National? You know you could become my bestest friend ever if you have connections with someone who can get me on that course, don’t you? :-)