State of the Church Address

Chart 1.1 shows Sunday School Attendance, AM Worship Attendance, and Guests.

Looking Behind- Review

1. http://askpastort.blogspot.com has received a total of 3,976 pageviews up from 2,958 pageviews last month in the last month- total of 1019 over December and to this point in January.

2. Attended Southeastern Seminary January 11-15, 2016.

3. January Bible Study 2016 is in 2 Corinthians, we will remain there during the winter.


2015 By the Numbers:

· Average Sunday Morning Attendance = 197

· Average Sunday School Attendance = 144

· Average Sunday Morning Guests = 5

· New Members in 2015 = 16

o 5 Baptisms

o 6 Letters

o 5 Statements of Faith

· Deaths of Members = 5

· Transfers out to other churches = 9

· Net Gain for the Year in Membership = 2

· Highest Attended Sunday = April 5, 2015 @ 281 in attendance (Easter Sunday)

· Lowest Attended Sunday = February 15, 2015 @ 116 in attendance (Snow Day)

Highlights of 2015:

• Battery Saturday 2015!
• Baptism of four children this week in one Sunday Morning Service. List includes: Rachael White, Andrew White, Don Singleton, and Asher Tyler.
• Passing our Mission Statement: “To Know Christ And to Make Him Known.”
• VBS 2015
• Fall Harvest on October 31, 2015.

• Larger Thank Expected Turnout for Griefshare this past Fall; a new face almost ever week.
• Special Called Business Meeting in December with an 86% approval in favor of the new service! Looking forward to what God is going to do at our church in 2016.
• Christmas Baskets Ministry:
•  22 Children received Christmas Gifts
• 9 Food Baskets were prepared and given out.

Looking Ahead- Preview

· Battery Saturday moved to April 2, 2016

· Return to Southeastern on June 16-24. Note: This will be the last weeklong seminary I will attend, year three is writing.