Five Sure Ways to Boost Attendance

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Kevin Harrington
09/02/12 - Sunday Bulletin

Recently, I attended my first University of Tennessee football game. Boy, it was great! The place was packed. Every seat was filled. Being a student of human nature, I learned several things at the game – basically, HOW WE CAN BOOST OUR CHURCH ATTENDANCE. Here is what I have come up with.

We’re going to replace our cushioned pews with steel benches and remove the backs.
We’re going to make people sit very close to each other – especially to those they don’t know. Everyone will wear the same color clothes and some will even paint their faces.
We’re going to take the top off the building. We will be exposed to the harsh conditions of summer and winter. There must be something about having a roof that keeps people from coming.
We’re going to have someone holler real loud into the speaker. I guess that will be me, since I’m the preacher.
We’re going to make everyone pay at least $40.00 to get in, plus an additional $20.00 to park, and you’ll have to walk about three blocks to get in. The lines will be long, but that won’t seem to matter.

UT is second only to the University of Michigan in attendance at football games. Michigan averages 105,000 each week and UT, only 102,000 each week; but we’ll settle for 102,000 in church. Oh, and one more thing, we’re going to change our services to last three hours instead of one. Boy, with all these changes coming, you’d better get here early next week to get a good place to sit.

(Larry Acuff)

How come we put so much emphasis on the entertainment aspect of life, but when it comes to our spiritual aspect, we lose focus? We make sacrifices for our favorite teams and our favorite activities, but we’re not willing to make the same sacrifices for Jesus. We have one of the greatest blessings given to us; we get to gather together and serve Jesus. Sunday is the best day of the week. “I was glad when they said to me ‘Let us enter the house of the Lord’” (Ps. 122:1).

~ Kevin