http://southsidechurch.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/meeting-time-convenient-for-whom/ archive of communication towards launch Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:40:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://southsidechurch.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/meeting-time-convenient-for-whom/#comment-30 Steve Gibbins Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:14:07 +0000 http://southsidechurch.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-30 With a missionary thought process I think it would be worthwhile to investigate the possibility of a Saturday afternoon/early evening time slot. There would be people that just can't make a Sunday church service, e.g. Working or playing sport on Sunday's. There also may be people that a church that starts in the afternoon and ends before dark suits them. I don't know of any church that currently caters for this group, or at least not in the Southside area. If the time of church is right, it wouldn't affect other Saturday commitments, either during the day or at night, in fact,it would be an opportunity to invite friends that you've just spent or are about to spend time with to come to church either after or beforehand. A Saturday service may make church sufficiently different for people that are put off by a 'religious' organization. This time slot has been used on the Central Coast and Sydney (possibly in Brisbane in the past) with mixed results. As Wez mentioned, a time that suits its members is important to allow them to commit to church. I'd be interested in others thoughts on whether a Saturday afternoon/early evening time does or doesn't suit them as well as any positives or negatives they can think of in general for this time slot. With a missionary thought process I think it would be worthwhile to investigate the possibility of a Saturday afternoon/early evening time slot. There would be people that just can’t make a Sunday church service, e.g. Working or playing sport on Sunday’s. There also may be people that a church that starts in the afternoon and ends before dark suits them. I don’t know of any church that currently caters for this group, or at least not in the Southside area.
If the time of church is right, it wouldn’t affect other Saturday commitments, either during the day or at night, in fact,it would be an opportunity to invite friends that you’ve just spent or are about to spend time with to come to church either after or beforehand.
A Saturday service may make church sufficiently different for people that are put off by a ‘religious’ organization.
This time slot has been used on the Central Coast and Sydney (possibly in Brisbane in the past) with mixed results.
As Wez mentioned, a time that suits its members is important to allow them to commit to church. I’d be interested in others thoughts on whether a Saturday afternoon/early evening time does or doesn’t suit them as well as any positives or negatives they can think of in general for this time slot.

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