Worship

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Worship

• Rationale for Change

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Perspective

• Gods leading
• Whats not changing
• continue both our contemporary and traditional
  styles
• What will change
• Service Formatting
• We will incorporate different worship expressions
  including scripture reading, testimonials and
  prayer, etc...

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Rationale

• Gods Leading-Listening prayer reflections
• Worship hindered by time constraints
• Opportunity for elements of worship
• Strain on volunteers and their families
• Size of 825 congregation small

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Benefits

• Service has more potential for worship experience
  to be expanded
• Unity improves as fellowship increases
• Less congestion if more time between services
• More focus on the two services by volunteers and
  staff
• Fewer volunteers needed for nursery, ushers,
  sound/music, communion set up/serving
• Less rushed for set up between different types of
  services

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Costs

• Limits options for choices
• Space issue possible
• Timing may cause issues
• Families may divide during service

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Questions to consider

• What is the purpose of Sunday Morning Worship?
• What is the role of the Sunday school hour/ABF
  classes on Sunday morning?
• How do we fulfill our vision of Connect to God,
  Others, and the World on Sunday mornings?
• When is it strategic to make such a shift?

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Option 1

• 930
• Worship
• Sunday School/ABFs

• 1105
• Worship
• Sunday School/ABFs

App. 20 minutes between services

• Combined coffee hour between/after
• 0-6th grade Sunday School both hours
• Zero hour (830) ABF/small group option
• ABF class 1 and class 2 with combined socials
• 7th-12th offered opposite of contemporary
  service

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Next step

• Prayer Discussion
• Decision to be voted on at JUNE 16th congregation
  meeting
• Child care 0-4 years provided

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