We propose that the way forward is to ask the Church Council to agree to each of the following:

A - Encourage and challenge everyone to continued prayer about this issue, especially about the ways we reach those who are not attenders at our Church, and that God should provide us with people who have a gift for evangelism.

B - Modify the current 3rd Sunday "Morning Worship" service to reflect the contemporary service proposals.

C - Change the current 1st Sunday "Family Worship" service, so that younger children have separate activities for some or all of the service time, and the service itself reflects the contemporary service proposals.

D - Switch the order of the services in each month, so that the above two services would run on consecutive Sundays (for example, 1st and 2nd Sundays, or 3rd and 4th Sundays). This would allow better continuity between them, especially with the "contemporary services" being to be theme-based.

E - Make a concerted effort, across all of our services, to make small but meaningful adjustments to better accommodate the "unchurched" and "Pre-Christians" so as to be more effective in reaching them with the life-changing message of the Gospel.

1. Convene a group of Church members to review the above, so as to see what needs doing here

2. Explain to all Church members the need for the above to cultivate a "visitor friendly" outlook.

3. Recognise better the situation of those unfamiliar with written liturgy and "Church language"
   1. Assume Sunday morning services are targeted toward less experienced or less church-educated people, and that real growth for more mature Christians takes place in Bible study groups and other deliberately growth-oriented activities
   2. Provide at all services explanations of why we are doing what we do, and instructions (e.g., when to stand; responses after reading; meanings of unfamiliar terms).
   3. Explain the significance and meaning of potentially unfamiliar words/expressions and liturgy.

4. Teaching material at all services needs to be reviewed to ensure it is relevant and applicable:
   1. Messages should be challenging and clearly/directly actionable.
   2. Handouts to accompany sermons, with action points, etc. should be used more by those speaking.
   3. The offer of support & the need to help attendees to open their lives to a personal relationship with God all need to be to the fore in this review.
   4. The need to develop themes over several weeks should be discussed.
   5. The challenge of Jesus must in no way be minimised, and secular self-help technique style answers are to be rejected.

5. Better connections need to be made between the different elements of services (e.g. readings, message, music, prayers), so all is complementary rather than being separate unrelated elements.

6. Seating arrangements must be reviewed to deal with rising numbers, and in the long run alternative venues may need to be considered. (We must bear in mind that research suggests new people do not join Churches which have reached 80% of their seating capacity!)