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Box Score for Weekend of June 25/26
Jun272005 Filed under: Inside GCC Author: Tony MorganHere’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.
Service 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:
- Sun 10:15 am = 26%
- Sat 5:30 pm = 20%
- Sun 11:45 am = 18%
- Sat 7:30 pm = 18%
- 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!
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Tony Morgan is a pastor and the Chief Strategic Officer at NewSpring Church where he develops creative solutions for communications, technology and NewSpring Ministries--the church's ministry that equips other church leaders.
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Bumble
June 28th, 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?
Tony Morgan
June 28th, 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
Bumble
June 28th, 2005 at 7:05 pm
Do you guys actually have someone count by hand? Wow.
Tony Morgan
June 28th, 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.
Newman
June 28th, 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!
Bumble
June 29th, 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”…
Drew
June 29th, 2005 at 4:26 am
How do you turn numbers into followers of Jesus?
Tony Morgan
June 29th, 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.
Wes
July 7th, 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
tony morgan
July 7th, 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? :-)