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We’re going to try something different this fall. For the past two years, we’ve had one Sunday morning worship service in the summers, then switched back to two Sunday services in the fall. This year, we’re going to try having just one Sunday worship service at 9:30am during the school year with blended music (traditional and contemporary) every Sunday. So the Chancel Choir and Cross Point Band will participate every Sunday. This change in worship time and style will begin on Homecoming/Luau Sunday, September 17th. What happens in worship is ultimately up to me as Senior Pastor.  But I wanted input from our music directors and accompanists, a young adult group researching how to attract and keep young adults in the church, our Administrative Team, and our staff. The feedback about a change was generally positive. Folks were willing to give this change a try. At our Ad Team meeting in August, I asked the Administrative Team to approve my recommendation to go to one Sunday morning worship service in the fall. After a good discussion, the vote was unanimous to move ahead with this change. After living through COVID with different worship times, sometimes only live-streamed worship on Facebook, I think we discovered how important it is for us to be together in worship. We moved to one Sunday Service in the summer because we liked worshipping together when the sanctuary “felt full.” In these past two summers, we’ve averaged between 80-100 in live Sunday morning worship and 30-40 online. There has been positive energy. It has felt full.  Saturday night worship has remained consistent at 25-30 people. We’re hoping to grow our Sunday morning worship and keep this “full” feeling in the fall and during the school year.  We are blessed with wonderful music from our Chancel Choir and Crosspoint Band. We hoping to get the adult Bell Choir back up and running after it shut down during COVID. Imagine how great it will be to have Chancel Choir, Crosspoint Band, and Adult Bell Choir together on Sunday mornings! Grace & Peace,