Comments on: "We Can't Do Megachurch Anymore" http://pursiful.com/2007/01/we-cant-do-megachurch-anymore/ Darrell Pursiful's blog Mon, 14 May 2012 13:24:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: PS http://pursiful.com/2007/01/we-cant-do-megachurch-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-361 PS Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:51:48 +0000 http://pursiful.com/?p=248#comment-361 Regarding #3: Interestingly, our church sees our building as a big part of the mission to the community. The building is well used by both church groups and by groups that may have had their start in the church, but serve the larger community (ie cancer support group), as well as groups that meet there, but aren't official parts of the ministry, such as AA, Boy Scouts, piano lessons, yoga, and many more. In addition, there are funeral gatherings (not the funeral itself) in the fellowship hall when the person doesn't want a church funeral. Occassionally there are meeting held in the fellowship hall when the group has no other meeting space available. Someone estimated that our relatively small congregation, has about 500 people coming through the doors of the church (building) each week. Regarding #3: Interestingly, our church sees our building as a big part of the mission to the community. The building is well used by both church groups and by groups that may have had their start in the church, but serve the larger community (ie cancer support group), as well as groups that meet there, but aren’t official parts of the ministry, such as AA, Boy Scouts, piano lessons, yoga, and many more. In addition, there are funeral gatherings (not the funeral itself) in the fellowship hall when the person doesn’t want a church funeral. Occassionally there are meeting held in the fellowship hall when the group has no other meeting space available.

Someone estimated that our relatively small congregation, has about 500 people coming through the doors of the church (building) each week.

]]> By: D. P. http://pursiful.com/2007/01/we-cant-do-megachurch-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-360 D. P. Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:38:47 +0000 http://pursiful.com/?p=248#comment-360 Like me, he is a Frankenstein's monster cobbled together from various spare parts. Ah, the wonders of PhotoShop! :-) Like me, he is a Frankenstein’s monster cobbled together from various spare parts. Ah, the wonders of PhotoShop! :-)

]]> By: Susan http://pursiful.com/2007/01/we-cant-do-megachurch-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-359 Susan Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:48:42 +0000 http://pursiful.com/?p=248#comment-359 Thanks for the hat tip, Darrell. You know, every time I visit your website, I look at that platypus and just bust up laughing. Where did you find him? Thanks for the hat tip, Darrell.

You know, every time I visit your website, I look at that platypus and just bust up laughing. Where did you find him?

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