[amc] Worship Schedule Voting Results
- From: "Carrie S. Bert" <carrie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: amc <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:27:07 -0500 (CDT)
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Thanks to the AMC church community for participating in this vote.
The Worship Committee
As you are probably aware, the vote concerning our morning worship schedule was
concluded on Sunday. The Worship Committee spent Sunday afternoon tallying the
votes, reading voter
comments/suggestions/concerns, and discussing how to best proceed. We are
thankful the church
community participated in this vote and appreciated the honest and thoughtful
comments
A total of 49 votes were cast.
73% 9:30 - Sunday school 10:30 - Fellowship 11:00 – Worship
37% 9:30 - Worship 10:30 - Fellowship 11:00 - Sunday School
The Worship Committee recognizes that there are strong concerns about both
options and we want to honor those opinions, making sure that our time together
as a community is meaningful. Unfortunately, this vote by our membership does
not meet the desires of all who voted. According to the results of the vote,
we will continue to follow the current Sunday morning schedule.
In an effort to address some of the concerns, we have identified a couple of
ideas that can be incorporated immediately:
First, we will have a greeter on duty from 9:30 through the end of the worship
service. This person will be responsible to greet people from the start of
Sunday school and direct visitors to the various Sunday school options, worship
schedule, location of restrooms, etc.
Second, there was concern that the fellowship time and Sunday school times felt
shorter with the new schedule. To make sure we are on schedule and there is
one hour for Sunday school and 30 minutes for fellowship time a bell will ring
at 9:30 to signal the start of Sunday school, at 10:20 as a 10 minute warning,
and two times at 10:30 to signal the end of Sunday school. At 10:55 it will
ring as a 5 minute warning to start to prepare for worship. We are open to
constructive comments on how to better manage keeping the times on track.
While reviewing votes and comments, it became evident that the vision for
Austin Mennonite Church needs to be discussed as a church community. We will
work with the conference to identify an appropriate time for a retreat led by
outside resources that will provide opportunity for conversation within the
community of Austin Mennonite Church about our direction.
Again, we thank each of you for participating in the vote.
Carrie Bert
Laura Robertson
Judy Thiessen
Garland Robertson
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