Okay, if you've been to a Sunday gathering in Tigard over the last month you've heard us talk about adding a 3rd Sunday gathering beginning THIS Sunday.
Our new gatherings times in Tigard are now: 8:30 / 10:00 / 11:30
That said, I did want to take a moment to make sure everyone is clear on why we are doing this. Most often additional gatherings are added at churches as a way of creating space for more people to come to the church services on Sundays. However, this is only partly true for us.
Our church is certainly not decreasing in the number of people coming and we do want to create space for you to continue inviting people. But we would make a critical distinction. Rather than trying to get more people in the building we are instead trying to minimize the number of people we have in any one gathering.
The way we usually say it is, "we want to grow by staying smaller." As the number of people increase in any one gathering, the chances for connection decrease. It's simple math. And, providing the best opportunity for people to connect is something we will always fight for. So, we will continue trying to limit the amount of people in any one gathering by launching out more locations on the westside of Portland, but in the meantime we feel like adding this 3rd gathering in Tigard is an important step in trying to "grow by staying smaller."
Anyway, I hope that makes sense. If you have any questions just let us know!
Lastly, we also have more and more areas for people to serve, so if you want to help serve in additional ways you can let us know by filling out the form here: http://www.nowsprouting.com/colossae/form.php?pageID=72
Thanks for all you do for His Church.
Chuck
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