Service Update
We took a survey this weekend to try to figure out when and where to add another service. We have standing room only in 3 of our 5 services so we're trying to figure out options. We added about forty folding chairs at Union Station this week as a stop gap. It definitely helped.
We processed the surveys today and did some brainstorming. Decisions like this have a thousand factors. Adding another service isn't a hard science. It's a soft science. You have to weigh everything from psychological to biological factors.
I think we have a pretty good handle on what NCC wants from the survey. And I think it offers the most growth potential. But we're trying to figure out how that effects our leaders and volunteers. We don't want to make decisions that blindside our leaders so we're going to get a little more input before making a decision. We want this to be an owned decision.
I'll update on our final decision later this week.
We processed the surveys today and did some brainstorming. Decisions like this have a thousand factors. Adding another service isn't a hard science. It's a soft science. You have to weigh everything from psychological to biological factors.
I think we have a pretty good handle on what NCC wants from the survey. And I think it offers the most growth potential. But we're trying to figure out how that effects our leaders and volunteers. We don't want to make decisions that blindside our leaders so we're going to get a little more input before making a decision. We want this to be an owned decision.
I'll update on our final decision later this week.
2 Comments:
Just wanted to add another angle to consider (not that you aren't considering it, but you didn't mention and perhaps someone reading might overlook).
How does it affect the community?
In other words, which location option would have the greatest impact on the community and the lost, not just which will best suit those already coming.
Chances are, all of your potential locations are just that... locations that will impact the community and the kingdom. But for those who don't know you or know about NCC, the fact that you survey your congregation and haven't talked about the rest of the research that went into choosing your potential options makes it appear that you are just trying to keep your people happy, not expand the kingdom.
This is not what I am saying, but these perspective issues are what turn into the kinds of accusation from smaller churches against the big churches (and vice versa).
Cruciformity,
Thanks for the comment.
From day one, NCC has existed for the community. That is a "given." Everything we do takes that into account. All of our locations and service options are chosen with the community in mind--what is the optimal way to reach the unchurched and dechurched. That is our driving motivation and part of our DNA.
And I agree--it's all about expanding the kingdom :)
Mark
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