This Sunday we will be foucsing on the topic, "praying for the young!" At the risk of making some uncomfortable because of the use of numbers, I have to share these statistics from last Sunday here at Grace Church so you realize how important this Sunday is going to be.
Not counting our live stream viewers, Sunday was the 15th largest Sunday morning in the history of Grace Church – that is including Easter; Christmas and Patriotic Celebrations! The total attendance on campus was 1,555. When you include live stream viewers the total attendance from Sunday was 1,703.
However, that is not the exciting part. Get this. Of the on campus attendance of 1,555:
183 were cradle through Kindergarten
138 were 1st through 4th graders
56 were 5th and 6th graders
50 were 7th and 8th graders
80 were 9th through 12th graders
That means that out of the 1,555 who were on campus last Sunday (on a very cold mid-January morning) 507 were 12th grade and under. That is right at 33% of the morning attendance. Did you get that? One-third of our total on campus attendance were children and teenagers. WOW!
So how much more important does that make the theme of this Sunday as we talk about three very specific and practical ways that we can pray for our children and youth?
Not counting our live stream viewers, Sunday was the 15th largest Sunday morning in the history of Grace Church – that is including Easter; Christmas and Patriotic Celebrations! The total attendance on campus was 1,555. When you include live stream viewers the total attendance from Sunday was 1,703.
However, that is not the exciting part. Get this. Of the on campus attendance of 1,555:
183 were cradle through Kindergarten
138 were 1st through 4th graders
56 were 5th and 6th graders
50 were 7th and 8th graders
80 were 9th through 12th graders
That means that out of the 1,555 who were on campus last Sunday (on a very cold mid-January morning) 507 were 12th grade and under. That is right at 33% of the morning attendance. Did you get that? One-third of our total on campus attendance were children and teenagers. WOW!
So how much more important does that make the theme of this Sunday as we talk about three very specific and practical ways that we can pray for our children and youth?
If you can't join us live here at Grace Church (8:30am; 10am; 11:30am) then be sure to watch the live webcast of our 10am service (PA time) in its entirety by using the link below:
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