Emmanuel Mennonite

Worship Stats

Every week, our ushers note our Sunday morning worship attendance, and their record reveals some interesting stats for us as a congregation.  

In 2009, our average worship attendance was 230.  In 2008, the average worship attendance was 228.  In both years, the average was calculated over 54 services--52 Sunday mornings plus Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

In 2009, Easter Sunday was the most well attended at 320.  In 2008, Easter Sunday was also the most well attended at 273.  Christmas Day attendance for 2009 was 134 compared to the 60 brave souls who attended last Christmas Day 2008 when there was so much snow!  The Sunday with the lowest attendance in 2009 was July 26 at 149, and in 2008 it was July 6 at 180.  Good Friday attendance was 265 in 2009; 258 in 2008.

One conclusion from these stats:  although Good Friday is no longer planned jointly with other churches (since our partners are involved either in planning a German Good Friday worship, or focusing more on their own Thursday evening and Easter Sunday celebrations), the strong attendance indicates a continuing interest from our own congregation and beyond, so I look forward to planning Good Friday worship again in 2010.  I also look forward to sharing these stats in more detail with the  Worship Committee at our next meeting. . . .