According to a Flint Journal article, regular attendance at the 66-year-old church was about 70, but dipped to 30 after Kulchar left. Today, attendance is at 45 and growing.
“We went through a great time of healing as a congregation and we are ready to move on,” said Norb Birchmeier, senior warden of Trinity Episcopal Church. “I believe we are a stronger congregation because everyone became closer to each other.”
Congregants often believe they are better at performing some of the management tasks of the church, he said, which leaves new pastor Rev. Lori Johnson more time to address spiritual growth. Johnson’s first service at the church was April 13.
“They seem to be connecting to something in each message,” Johnson said of the Sunday services. “They seem happy and excited to have a new priest and are looking toward the future.”
Their chart
http://12.0.101.88/reports/PR_ChartsDemo/exports/ParishRPT_510200851014PM.pdf
MargaretG, for some reason that link doesn’t work. Lemme try this one:
http://12.0.101.92/reports/PR_ChartsDemo/exports/ParishRPT_511200885247AM.pdf
It’d be very interesting to know how Father Kulchar’s church is going.
Fr. Kulchar reports on the latest at New Wine Mission [url=http://www.newwinemission.com/_mgxroot/page_10777.html]here[/a].
He got a raise at the hardware store and they had 20 on Easter.
Oops, trouble with my link above, sorry/
Fr. Kulchar reports on the latest at New Wine Mission [url=http://www.newwinemission.com/_mgxroot/page_10777.html]here[/url].
He got a raise at the hardware store and they had 20 on Easter.
This hardly sounds like a winning situation. The math is that a congregation with an Average Sunday Attendance of 70 now has attendance of 45, up from 30. The breakaway had 20 on Easter as reported above, so the total between the two is less than what the united church started with. This isn’t a win/win or a win/lose, it sounds most like a lose/lose as per the pecusa way these days.