MULTIPLYING FOR MISSION
While incredibly exciting, the growth in Sunday gathering attendance has limited the available seating and made it more challenging for people to join us for Sunday worship and feel like there is space for them. We have been praying for God to provide clear next steps for us that allow His church to grow locally now, yet also the flexibility to plant a church in the future.
Multiplying for Mission into two Sunday services in our current space meets those hopes and launched two Sunday Services October 8, 2023.
Although it is hard in some ways, we are compelled to take this step knowing it brings greater opportunity for us to love and gospel every Bostonian Jesus gives us really well now and in the future, and will be one context in which God is calling each of us to grow in Him in the days ahead as we will need to pray, serve, and pursue one another with greater intentionality than ever before.
The Plan for Moving to Two Services:
This is what a Sunday with two services will look like:
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Two Sunday services will begin on October 8
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Service start times: 9 AM and 11 AM
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Same liturgy in both services
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SMR Kids in both services
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Gospel Formation for 4th and 5th graders between services
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Same Preaching and Band
Before services activities (before 9 AM)
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Band practice
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Sunday morning set-up
Between Service Activities “Relational Touchpoints” (10:15-10:55 AM)
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Connections Breakfasts
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Gospel Formation for 4th and 5th graders
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Reset Team gets ready for 11 AM Service
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Serve Interest Meetings
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Other meetings
Post-Second Service Activities (12:15 PM onward)
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SMR101 Membership Class
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All Church Activities (Chili-Cookoff, June Picnic, etc.)
Sunday Evenings
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Student Ministry (Middle and High School)
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Men's and Women's Tracks
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Ox Track
Other Notes
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We fully expect some modifications as we learn!
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to our staff and pastors!