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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 707.1 | why'd you pick these numbers? just wondering | CVG::THOMPSON | Radical Centralist | Fri Jun 11 1993 14:56 | 5 |
| Members or average attendance? I would call 200 average attendance
small to midsized. 201 members I would call small. I'd probably use
700-800 members or 300 average attendance as large.
Alfred
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| 707.2 | | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | We will rise! | Fri Jun 11 1993 15:00 | 8 |
| Alfred,
The numbers are the ones used in this area by the United Methodist
Church to distinguish small from large churches. They're somewhat
arbitrary.
Richard
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| 707.3 | | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | We will rise! | Fri Jun 11 1993 16:48 | 17 |
| The largest United Methodist church west of the Mississippi is located
in Colorado Springs. It's First UMC on the corner of Boulder and
Nevada. I've heard it's got a membership around 4,000, but that may be
exaggerated.
I've visited the church on occasion. They offer loads of activities,
interest groups, and classes. They've got a beautiful, full pipe organ.
They've got an outstanding visitor follow-up program.
One can easily melt into such a large congregation. That may be perceived
as a benefit in some instances. I know a woman who went to this church for
quite awhile who was going through a painful divorce. She didn't want to
get to know people at the time, other than superficially. And she didn't
want others to get to know her, either.
Richard
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| 707.4 | | WELLER::FANNIN | | Fri Jun 11 1993 19:45 | 11 |
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I like the large church because there is power in numbers. In the
large church we have preschool and private education for our children.
As a group we make a big difference in our community. We have enough
people to support a choir. We have good classes, seminars, parties.
The church buzzes with activity and community.
Ruth
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| 707.5 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Fri Jun 11 1993 19:48 | 4 |
| >Power in numbers
Is that what a church is about? Power?
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| 707.6 | | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | We will rise! | Fri Jun 11 1993 19:58 | 9 |
| No, /john .5. You and I both know that the church is not about power; at
least, not power in the conventional sense.
I think you'll admit, however, that there are certain strengths
that larger churches typically enjoy that smaller churches struggle
with.
Richard
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| 707.7 | finding members of your secular communities | LGP30::FLEISCHER | without vision the people perish (381-0899 ZKO2-2/T63) | Sun Jun 13 1993 10:10 | 16 |
| A church aspect that is only indirectly tied to size is the
probability of finding fellow members of the congregation in
your neighborhood and in your non-church daily life.
We switched from a Catholic parish outside our immediate
area to one in our town in part because with the former we
never saw any of our friends from church anywhere but in
church. Now we experience more of a community feeling. In
particular we find fellow parishioners involved in and/or
concerned about the same community problems about which we
are concerned.
Our current Catholic parish isn't particularly big, but it
serves the same area as our secular community.
Bob
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| 707.8 | | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | We will rise! | Mon Jun 14 1993 17:26 | 10 |
| My voice alone can't sing a song of peace,
your voice alone can't sing a song of peace;
But if 2 and 2 and 50 make a million,
we'll see this world come 'round,
we'll see this world come 'round.
Anybody besides me know this song?
Richard
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