Box Score for Weekend of September 3/4
Here’s the "box score" for this past weekend at Granger Community Church.
Music: "All That I Am" by the Afters
Message: "Rebuilding Your Life When You’ve Lost Everything" — Mark Beeson, Senior Pastor, broke away from the scheduled message to talk about the events of the last week in the gulf region and to teach about the steps for rebuilding our lives after facing tragedy. Mark used teaching resources provided by Rick Warren and available at PurposeDriven.com.
Service Highlights: In addition to changing directions on the message, Mark highlighted the various opportunities the church has to help people that have been impacted by the hurricane.
Stats: 4,425 total attendance (3,497 adults + 869 kids); 1.3% decrease from Labor Day weekend last year
Percentage of weekend attendance by service:
- Sun 10:15 am = 31%
- Sat 5:30 pm = 21%
- Sun 8:45 am = 17%
- Sun 11:45 am = 17%
- Sat 7:30 pm = 14%
Final Notes: This coming Sunday is our baptism event at Granger. Samples of previous baptisms are highlighted on videos available at WiredChurches.com.
Question for you: When you post the box scores you compare the attendance to the numbers from the same weekend last year. Why is that? Not asking because it is wrong, but because I am clueless. Thanks.
Kevin, great question. The reason why we compare to the same weekend from the previous year is to track attendance growth. Attendance goes in cycles depending on whether or not school is in session, if there’s snow on the ground, if Notre Dame is at home, if it’s Easter, etc. Because of that, we can’t always compare to the previous weekend to determine if the attendance is actually growing. A better comparison is to track where we were on the same weekend the previous year. Since our weekend services are our primary form of outreach to the community, attendance growth is one measure we track to determine whether or not the church is healthy.
Tony