What do all three of those have in common? Well, I’m SO glad you asked, because at Element Church they are all VERY connected. Let’s take this in order of appearance:
Space — God is continuing to bless our church with new people and continued growth. Back in October we made the decision to launch our fourth worship experience on Sunday’s at 6 PM to help with a space issue at that time. We launched that 4th service, people went to it, it’s been consistently steady, and now we’ve filled up the space it alleviated in the morning. We had 35 empty chairs this past Sunday in our 10 AM service, and overall we had our SECOND HIGHEST non holiday attendance EVER! That 10 AM service was beyond comfort level full. That is AMAZING and I LOVE seeing that happen. However, that is also the most popular service for new people to attend here at Element Church. This past Sunday we had one first time guest (FTG) in first service, SEVEN in second service, six in third service and three at 6 PM. That number usually indicates families, not just individuals, and those are only ones who filled out a card. Bottom line, we need people who attend our 10 AM service and call Element Church home, to consider choosing to attend our 8:30 am service or 6 PM service. This will help create SPACE at our optimal inviting hour…10 AM. WE NEED SPACE!
Singing — We’re starting something new this Sunday in our 6 PM service. Because we aren’t as limited on time in that service as we are in the morning, we’re adding some time of worship through singing on Sunday evening. If you are someone who is looking for MORE singing…MORE worship, then 6 PM service might be a GREAT option for you AND you can help give us some more SPACE on Sunday morning in the process too. (Side Note: We also serve freshly popped popcorn on Sunday evenings.) Sunday evening is a GREAT opportunity to serve Sunday morning during one of our experiences, and attend Sunday night. I challenge you to try it out!
Salvation — This is what it’s ALL about! We are about helping people experience LIFE to it’s fullest in CHRIST! If you attend Element Church, you know that most every Sunday we offer people a chance to say “YES” to Jesus and accept Him as their personal Savior. Seats = souls and souls is what God’s after! At least that’s how I see it. Every available seat we have, is a seat available for someone to hear about Jesus. We are in this if only for the ONE! I know that the 10 AM service is popular with MANY of our regular Elementers…I’m just asking, would you at least consider choosing some more singing at 6 PM, or choose to get up a little bit earlier on a Sunday so that we can create MORE space to reach MORE people for Jesus?
Element Church, I LOVE you guys and count it an HONOR to serve with you. KEEP inviting people, KEEP bringing people, KEEP serving people, KEEP attending, KEEP worshiping, KEEP giving to GOD, and GOD will bring the harvest!
Till the end,
Jeff
