What if being at church every Sunday was the default?

How often would you guess you make it to church? Go on, actually have a guess! Most of us have a rough sense: pretty often, most Sundays, unless something gets in the way.

Recently I looked through our attendance patterns, and it challenged that impression a little. Only about 30% of people who call City on a Hill home make it to church three out of four Sundays (this used to be the standard definition of regular attendance).

How important do you really think kids’ ministry is?

I wonder if, for many of us, we think about it primarily as having a future focus.

We teach children Bible stories, Christian values and knowledge about Jesus, hoping that one day, when they’re older, they’ll make the faith their own.

We do this now, but we’re expecting the real response to come later.

We even say, “They’re the future of the church.”

But what if that’s only half the picture?