Happy New Year

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See ya in 2009!

Kick Start '09

First Assembly is kicking 2009 with a few different emphasis on prayer.

- Pre-service prayer in the auditorium at 8:30 a.m. each Sunday
- Jan 4 we'll be talking about how we struggle to know if God really listens to us.
- Jan 7 is the premier of First Wednesday services. The theme this month: The Power of Prayer.
- Jan 11 we get to pray with some of our favorite missionaries- The Wests!
- Jan 16 we join the entire community in a prayer initiative called Pray for the City. We also will fill all 24 hours of this day with people praying.
- Jan 18 talk about how we are "Too Busy Not to Pray"

Wow...God is going to move in amazing ways this year. I can't wait to share all the stories.

Happy first birthday! Cooper.

Happy first birthday! Cooper.
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Happy birthday

10 Reasons Why I’m Glad Christmas Is Over

1. 30 days of Christmas songs is too much.
2. The pine needles on the ol’ tree are getting pretty brittle.
3. Ready to launch into an exciting 2009 at First Assembly.
4. I need to quit eating all this chocolate, fudge, cookies, peanut brittle, and pumpkin pie
5. I can use my Christmas money to shop all the post-Christmas sales
6. No more moody Wal-Mart shoppers
7. Hoping the Christmas Blend Starbucks coffee goes on sale.
8. My kids won’t beg to go through the Christmas lights every time we drive toward the mall
9. My birthday is in January
10. I’m a secret elf in disguise and need to take a break.

Have a Fun ol' Christmas

Merry Christmas from my family to yours!

(Joy wouldn't let me make a Christmas card with this picture. But she didn't say anything about my blog! Merry Christmas)

C. O. L. D. But I wanna see the bears.

It's gonna be cold at the Bears game tonight.
I'll be giving updates through twitter tonight.

Follow me HERE

MNF: I'll be there

I've never been to a Bears game. That all changes on Monday night.
I'm heading to Soldier's Field in Chicago with my cousin.
It's suppose to be 9 degrees that night. I better take a jacket.

It's on ESPN. Look for me.
I'm seven rows above the visitor's tunnel where the Packers will be running out.
I'll be wearing a stocking cap.

Here's a video preview of the game.
(BTW: Only Bears fans will like this video.)

family traditions?

Just curious, what family traditions do you have at Christmas?

Let the good times roll....

Artistry and Faith

I can't wait until Sunday night.
I've watched Evan create art all week getting ready for Sunday night's candlelight experience.

He wasn't painting. He wasn't sculpting.

Evan was standing in the auditorium dreaming and envisioning of how the entire candlelight experience would look, feel, and flow.

I peeked in on him yesterday and thought to myself, Evan's painting in his head. He's working on a piece of art. I appreciate his ability to see it. How he can teach and build our faith through a variety of creative expressions. It's artistry, teaching and faith intertwined.

Come Sunday to experience a night of miracles.
Come get saturated in the telling of the miracles of the Christmas story in a way that will cause your faith to rise up and become contagious.

The miracles that happened 2000 years ago were from God.
The miracles that you need in your life is from the same God.
May we experience that on Sunday evening.

Sunday @ 6:30 p.m.
First Assembly

Top pick Christmas flick?

What's your favorite Christmas movie/TV show?

Feeding the creative hunger

Sometimes you just have to get away to gather innovative and refreshing ideas.

Here's some ideas I've used in the past:

Sit in a local diner of a small town you don't go to very often.

Tour an art building.

Spend an hour driving nothing but side streets.

Take a camping chair into the woods with your journal.

Check out any live music venues.

Take virtual online tours of high-class resorts.

Netflix rare documentaries

Watch TED talks

Take my journal into a busy place, watch people, and write down observations.

Try this: http://moodstream.gettyimages.com/


What do you do to feed your creative hunger?

Great Deal

Four-Star hotel in Indy
Online booking price:$149
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Chickens and Fish for Christmas

This year we encouraged our boys to use one of their Christmas gifts to bless another family in need. We told our boys if they wanted to, they would receive one less gift this year, and in its place, we would buy a gift for a needy family.

They loved that idea.

As a family we looked through a World Vision Christmas Catalog and shopped for a family in a third world country.



Dakota picked two chickens.
Riley picked a fishing kit.

One needy family will have more eggs to feed their kids.
One family will be able to catch fish to feed their kids.

One family (The Spencers) is learning what Christmas is all about.
May Jesus be glorified this season.

Here is a video of my boys ordering the gifts:

@ First Assembly

December 07: I wish I was important.
December 21: I wish someone cared.

These will be great weeks to bring new people to First Assembly.

Parents giving the OK for alcohol at parties

East-Central Illinois survey results indicate two out of five teens (40.9%) have been to a party at a friend’s house where alcohol was served with parents’ knowledge or consent. One in six (17.6%) said his or her own parents allowed a party to include alcohol at their family’s home.

Listen...FORTY PERCENT of our local teens have been to parties where alcohol was served with parents' permission. Why is this happening?

It's time for parents to help their children make better choices. It's time for parents to know what is happening on the weekends. Its time for parents to talk to other parents about turning this statistic around.

A local coalition, Body Electric, will be revealing these statistics early in 2009. I'm working on writing out some of the findings for their report. These local statistics are quite eye-opening.
Every parent needs a copy of this report when it is released in 2009.

Sunday reflections

Sunday at First Assembly was a day of expressions!

1. Leon, Caleb and Sarah expressed their faith through water baptism. I'm so proud of these guys! God is doing great things in this family!
2. I wrapped up Express Yourself (Part 2) and talked about the different ways we can express ourselves to God. Give a listen here.
   
3. My amazing wife, Joy, spoke at our ladies Christmas dinner. She did incredible. I'm SO proud of her. The church will be begging her to start speaking on Sundays. You can listen to her talk here.
4. We (Okay, Joy and Katie) packed a lot of boxes full of a lot of great stuff for our leaders' dinner Monday night. I love our leadership team!

Dessert

Dessert
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Dessert

Ah... Thanksgiving!

Love this Day: watch parade, eat, watch football, eat.



Old Thanksgiving Posts
2007 Tomorrow is Thanksgiving.
2006 Thank You UPDATE 1.2
2005 That dirty ol' plunger...
2004 I'm going to the woods with a gun...

Doodle Expressions From Sunday

All I know is that our peeps at First Assembly did a great job expressing their thoughts during the Sunday talk. I have tons of these. I just grabbed five.

Where the seeds were planted

Last night was somewhat of a surreal speaking moment.

I spoke from the same stage that I was a lead role in a children's church play in the 1980s, as well as the same church that I was water baptized in in the early 1980s.

First Baptist Church was the church I grew up in. All my toddler years and early elementary years took place in this church. It seems like a blur, but I have a few fond memories in my heart.

- Kids Choir
- Celebrating the 1985 bears at a church party.
- Lighting candles at the beginning of Sunday service.
- Being Baptized
- Playing with a Flinstones toy phone. (The one with a horn as the receiver.)
- "Aiming" at bugs in the men's urinal. *debated on taking this out...but what a fun memory that no one (until now) really knew about.

Last night, 20 years after really being involved in that church, I had the humbling opportunity to speak on the same stage at the community Thanksgiving service. Someone looked at me before service and said, "You look tense." I was.

Not sure why. I've spoke in front of thousands in Latin America, I spoke in front of hundreds in school assemblies here in town, have done weddings, funerals, and even taught a class on writing research papers to 6th graders in the public school system.

But coming back to the roots was a little intimidating. And still, as I type, I'm not sure why. I guess the magnitude of realizing God's hand in my life can get a little overwhelming.

All I know, is that I'm thankful for a church that invested in me. I'm thankful for parents who got me involved in the ministry there. I'm thankful for the teachers and volunteers that had no idea they were teaching a Bible story to someone who would become a pastor 23 years later.

I look back at the seeds that were planted in my life and become humbled and in awe of God's plan for people's lives.

May we continue to plant seeds. Someday those little, chubby trouble makers grow up. And some of them might just be leading life-giving churches.

It's worth the investment.

Saturday Things-To-Do List

1. Clip.


2. Hunt down clippings that shoot across the room. (If I have time.)

Previous Post issues

I really liked the embed for Hillsong London in my previous post.
- great music
- great look
- great videos

But I deleted it.

...music started automatically, thus, when you went to my blog, music played.
A little too Myspace-ish for me.

All my "in the office" blog readers were forced to listen to music as my blog opened.
Not good.

So, if you want to check out the Hillsong London embed, go HERE. Music will play.

A Thankful Heart

Last night I asked some of our 60s Plus group to share something they were thankful for.

One response:
"I'm thankful my grandson invited me to church."

priceless....

Express Yourself bumper video

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This will be a short intro video as I go up to speak. It set for Nov. 23, 30.

Sunday reflections

Another great Sunday at First Assembly.

Some highlights:

- We wrapped up the God of this City series. People responded by writing their names all over a piece of mosaic art we have been creating over the past four weeks. This time, their names symbolized a willingness to sacrifice anything to carry out God's mission for His Church. Pretty powerful moment in the service. (I'll blog about this whole four-week process of tiles, the cross, names, and mosaic art later this week.)

- Brian Williamson (H.S. student from Neoga) did a good job rocked the house singing a Brandon Heath song called Give Me Your Eyes.


- Everyone was challenged to lay down their fear and invite spiritually disconnected friends to experience God at First Assembly. We gave everyone one of these cards.

Read about our cards at Evan's Blog.

- We continue to have new faces each week. Really excited about families coming and checking us out. We hope they find First Assembly as a place they can connect to Jesus and be inspired to live life to its fullest.

- We celebrated over a very meaningful Thank You card we received from a group of recovering meth users that use our facilities each week for a gathering place. What a great way to help out in our community!

- We announced next week's series: Express Yourself. It will be another great Sunday next week! (Artwork will be posted this week.)

Express Yourself....coming soon!

So I found this little comic-making site. And I tried it out. And yes... I am not an artist. Enjoy. Let the doodling begin on Nov. 23!

Let's be honest with God

Dear God,

All I know is that I want people to give their lives to you. I know as a pastor I have influence in people's lives to help make that happen. I simply need to know HOW to make that happen. I assume more prayer is apart of it. I know helping people look past themselves is a part of it. But what else?

Too many people around here are going to hell. I know no one likes to talk about that. I know that's not PC. I know that is not "relevant" language to use. I know this may offend someone. But... I just want people to know You. I want people to experience your joy, your mercy, your love, your hope.

What should I do? What should WE do? How can they experience your love?
My heart is yelling this out...

(That's my gut-honest prayer today.)
What's your prayer?

Family Day: Operation Cupcakes

Take a look at Operation Cupcakes.







What did you do on Veteran's Day?

Sunday reflections

Sunday was a great day.

• Had more new faces to check things out around here at First Assembly.
• I wrestled through God of this City: Week 3. We looked at "What is it going to take?" Using Acts 17, we need to Reach out to people disconnected form Jesus, Reshape the perceptions of Christians, and Relate to their world. (Three Rs...very Rick Warren of me.)
  
• I watched Brian Williamson steal the stage in his lead role as Curly in his High School play Oklahoma.
• I hung out with great friends for lunch and a day of high school theater.
• I popped in and watched our Kids Factory work on their Christmas musical.
• I popped in and got killed at Rock Band with Pipeline peeps. My drumming skills are dead.
• I prepped for a little 6 a.m. discussion on the Holy Spirit.
  
• I watched five episodes of The Office on www.hulu.com with my wife before calling it a night.
  

God of this City: Part 3

SUNDAY: We're gonna wrestle with what it's going to take to reach people are are disconnected from God.

This may hurt a little...

Take-Home Thoughts From Related Leaders

Scott Hodge tells it like it is: taking a church that has plateaued or is in decline to a level of healthy growth will be painful. Some people don't like change. Some people like church to meet all of their needs. Some people like it small. Some people like it the "old way" because it's their style. So transitioning a church into a healthy missional church will require sacrifice, a season of pain, and focusing on what really matters: people disconnected from God.

However, the reward of a transitioned church is worth it all.

Instead of blogging all the notes from the one-day conference (I'm sure others will...you guys can throw out you blog address in the comments), I decided to just write down some personal take-home thoughts from the event.

• First Assembly will not make consumer Christians. It's not about them getting, but about them giving of themselves to others.
• Our needs will be met when we meet the needs of others.
• There is a HUGE gap between Jesus and people following him. First Assembly needs to help close in that gap. The world takes note of this gap everyday.
  
• We need to identify what is sacred in church, and what is not sacred. Then we can examine what is really important.
• I need to re-read all the blog posts from Andy Stanley's catalyst session.
• We must tackle our assimilation/fusion process of taking a first-time attender to becoming a committed follower of Jesus.
• Love this quote from Hodge: "If you want to reach people who have never been reached before, then you need to do things that have never been done before."

My next 36 hours

I'm looking forward to hear more challenging and innovative ways to help lead a church in reaching out to the spiritually disconnected people in our community.

Scott Hodge has been a huge help to me personally through the transition of our church. He's traveled the road which we just got on.

I'm looking forward to the next 36 hours.
Wanna Go?

My one political post!

Thanks for the reminder, dad!



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preparing the place

As a church, we will be focusing attention on preparing the place for the spiritually disconnected guy who comes to check us out. We have to relate Jesus' powerful message to people who are not use to being in a church.

We have to be intentional in our planning.

Here's a great video that helps spur on some thoughts.


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Check out Scott Hodge here.

Check out Mike Jones here.

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i just didn't have the time....

What do you need to cancel?

Look out below!

Oct 26...My first Sunday as pastor:
Last Sunday my message title was "Broken, but Powerful." As a fun element, we played a game called "Will it Break?"
On video we (Me and Evan's wonderful idea!) dropped things off the church roof, and people had to guess if it would break. As a live element, we then dropped something on the stage from a 15-foot ladder.

Our choice item: a 40-pound computer monitor.

It was dropped. It landed. It bounced. It rolled. It headed toward a family in the front row. A sixth-grade girl sitting next to her dad yells out, "Are you trying to kill me?"

Dec. 1999....My first month as youth pastor:
I was preaching in basement fellowship hall to about 15-25 students. I was holding a sword and waiving it around as I as preaching.

All of a sudden, the handle broke off and the sword went flying and came inches from hitting a young girl. Here she is now.

I've had bad luck with first preaching moments.

(I also threw out a bunch of blow-pops that same month and took out a low-mounted fluorescent light that exploded on the crowd.)

What "That wasn't suppose to happen!" moments have you had?

Great Weekend at First Assembly

Highlights from the weekend:

- We had 37 new kids join us for our Family Fall Fest on Friday. We're excited that their families got a small taste of how First Assembly wants to invest in family life. (See pics here.)

- We launched the God of this City series as my first sermon as lead pastor.
(You can listen to the message here.)

- I busted a bunch of tile on stage with a sledge hammer.

- We dropped and busted a computer monitor off a 15-foot ladder.

- We created a mosaic cross our of all the busted tile.

- Sunday night we hosted a dessert shindig at our house. It was great to have everyone in our home. We love our church!

- Approximately 10,000 calories was consumed at our house.

- Then we ate pizza late Sunday night after most people went home.

...then we slept!

Family Fall Pics!!!!

You gotta check all these out!
CLICK HERE


Family Fall Fest was great.
We have great leaders and volunteer teams that did an amazing job!

I love my mom!

First of all.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Mom!

Second.... I'm proud of you.
Thanks for serving other people.
Not only do you give one day each week to watch my boys, but now you are stretching beyond that.
I'm proud that you are serving people at our hospital.
Thanks for becoming a volunteer.
Thanks for serving others.
Thanks for thinking beyond yourself. If only more people would follow suit.


Happy 65th Birthday!
I Love you!

-Travis

laying down on the job

Our family went to a pumpkin patch this week.
I was tired. So I rested.


So... I scored low on the dad-o-meter.

What causes you to loose points on the parent-o-meter?

Monday: Day One

Sunday was a day of celebration for Pastor Van and Diane as they retired from a marathon of 35 years in full-time ministry. Sunday was also a day of transition as Joy and I became the lead pastor of First Assembly.

It was a day of emotions. We celebrated, we teared up, we laughed, we ate a lot!, we reflected old stories, we dreamed about the future.

All in all, we allowed God to maneuver His leadership for His Church. We humbly accept his assignment. We're excited for the future. We believe greater days are yet to come for our church and community.

My prayer: Keep us humble, pure of thought, fastened to His Spirit, contagious with passion for God, and compassionate toward those spiritually disconnected from God.

Sharing thoughts to the 60s Plus group

I had the honor as one of my first Lead Pastor opportunities to share some thoughts with the 60s Plus group during a fall bonfire.

Some of my thoughts:
1. I know you must be thinking, "What will it be like to have a 33-year-old pastor?"
- I hope you guys are as excited as Joy and I are. We are looking forward to a great journey.

2. I shared Hebrews 13:1-8 and explained how Jesus and His message is the same yesterday, today and forever.

3. Speaking of "the same yesterday..."
I shared how they and their generation helped to get us where we are today as a church. All the years of investment are amazing, and humbling. I appreciate everything they have done and will continue to do to shape us into better Jesus followers.

4. Speaking of "Jesus is the same today..."
I explained that all buildings have load-bearing walls. Christianity, too, has load-bearing walls. There are some things that should not, will not, and cannot be changed. Jesus is the only way to heaven. He is our salvation. He is our healer. He is returning. The Bible is true and inspired. The Great Commission is ours to carry out. These are our load-bearing walls.

5. Speaking of the Jesus for our future...
We live in changing times. What makes sense today may not have been imagined 40 years ago. Church and culture is constantly changing. We need to clearly communicate to today's unchurched culture. ...And it may sound different than how it was communicated 40 years ago.

All the songs, styles, and methods may not make sense to the 60s Plus generation, but they will to their grandchildren. The incredible ideas of yesterday were amazing back then. And today and tomorrow we will have more amazing methods to reach the lost.

6. Let's join together as we pass along our faith to this generation and the ones to come.

I prayed for them. They prayed for us!
It was a great night with amazing people.

Retirement Celebration Planned

The following is press release information that we've forwarded to our local newspaper:

Rev. Van Frownfelter retires this Sunday as pastor of First Assembly of God, concluding a 20-year marathon of church leadership in Mattoon.

A special “Leaving a Legacy” tribute service is planned for this Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at the church, 900 Dewitt Ave. East.

The community is also invited to a retirement celebration Sunday from 6p.m. to 8 p.m. in the church’s auditorium. The community is invited to stop by anytime during the evening reception to visit with the Frownfelters. Special comments regarding the family will be made at 7:30 p.m.

Rev. Van and Diane Frownfelter served at First Assembly of God in Mattoon from 1989 to this weekend. Prior to that they served as pastors in Lincoln, IL from 1978-1989 and Chicago from 1973-1978.

Take the Missions Poll

What moves you to get involved in missions?
	Poverty
	Injustice
	Joining a great cause
	Partnering with a trustworthy missions organization
	Salvation for those disconnected from God
	The adventure of going somewhere cool
	The joy of giving something big
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We squeaked by

We were doing a routine online banking check Friday night.

We found this.


Still in the black, baby!

We need new eyes

A leader at our church asked me to listen to this song by Brandon Heath.

She said, "This song is exactly what you were talking about at our leader's meeting. We need a heart change and we need to focus on the mission!"

Great Song. Great video.



Thanks Lisa for your heart for our community!

My son is ALL boy

Guess what Dakota learned?



Who taught him this?
A. Dad
B. Mom
C. School friends
D. Presidential Debate

Change you can believe in: My Face

Saturday I looked liked this.


I grabbed these.


I trimmed down to this.


I finished to this.


Still deciding....

The 1814 Project has been announced

Today I had the humble pleasure of announcing to the great people of First Assembly that we were beginning an adventure that would impact an entire community.

Exactly 1814 miles away is a small town of 4,000 people who desperately need someone to come along side of them and help transform their community.

Welcome to The 1814 Project. Our church will gather its resources and local connections to make a difference in San Jeronimo, Honduras. One church in this friendly Latin American community is praying today that our people will be excited about this newly formed friendship.

Together, with God at the center, we will change people's lives...on this earth, and for eternity.

We will strategically invest in the school, the government, the faith community, local families, and every single child.

This is not a one-time missions trip. This is not throwing money to a poorer church far, far away. This is a partnership. This is an alliance. This will become a friendship. In fact, over time, this will become family.

Join our adventure. Pray for our partnership and alliance.
Pray for San Jeronimo, Honduras.

The 1814 Project...begins today!

Launching on Oct. 5

The 1814 Project Launch from firstassembly on Vimeo.

This will change lives...

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My New Eye Glasses

BEFORE


AFTER


Someone suggested these...

My son's on the Cover!

My son, Riley, made the cover of a local health magazine.
That makes me one proud parent. Too cute.

Who's Gonna Win?

I remember cheering for the Cubbies since 1983.
I was 8. No one in my family liked the Cubs. I did.
Twenty-five years later I still cheer for those Cubs.

Maybe...just maybe....we'll see a 100 year miracle!

Who do you want to win the World Series?

Only because I can't switch to AT&T

I'm seriously considering the LG Dare. It's the iPhone knock-off. I know it's not as cool. I know my Apple friends will laugh. But, I'm a Verizon guy tangled in a plan consisting of multiple lines and multiple plans.

So I'll settle for the LG Dare.

But a message to LG and Verizon....take a good look at the iPhone and notice how we know it's an Apple product without the logo. Please take notice of it's clean look. Learn. Change. Innovate.


Whatever I get, it's better than this...

The Office & Me

What NBC "The Office" character are you? Your Result: Jim Halpert You are the kind of person that everyone likes. You are funny, laid back, and not bad looking. You love practical jokes and having a fun time with your friends. However, because you are so laid back you often let the things that are most important to you get away. I miss Dwight. Congratulations Universe, you win.
Toby Flenderson
Angela Martin
Pam Beesly
Dwight Kurt Schrute
Michael Scott
Kelly Kapoor
Ryan Howard
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Meet My Friend Matt

My friend Matt Wilkie has amazing stories. He travels the world as a missionary and finds himself in incredible situations, as well as random encounters with all kinds of people.

At the same time, I live in Mattoon, IL. Home of the original Burger King. Matt likes to eat there when he is in town. So as a Christmas gift several years ago, I jokingly bought him an original Burger King T-Shirt.

Now, everywhere he goes--whether its the Great Wall of China, volcanoes, Eiffel tower, Africa, indigenous tribal villages ...he tries to take his picture next to the world icons while wearing his Original Burger King shirt.

So.... as Matt as in O'Hare airport in Chicago, he met this guy....



"The Architect" Karl Rove was standing in terminal C talking on his cell phone. This was one of President Bush's major political consultants. If you know political news, you know Karl Rove.

Matt had a great--and funny--conversation with him. If you know Matt, you there will always be a good story.

Read Matt's post here.
Read about the ORIGINAL Burger King.
Who is Karl Rove?

Someday I will write the whole Matt Wilkie/Burger King T-shirt exclusive story with photographs. (But I'm pitching that idea to out local paper, first!) Should be fun.

Fantasy Church League

I want to propose a new fantasy league to all the online fantasy sports addicts out there:
Fantasy Church League.

Here's how it would work:
You get to choose 10 churches in the United States.
Only three can be from the same denomination.
Only three can be non-denominational.

Scoring:

Attendance based on previous week to current week.
1 pt for a 1-5 increase
2 pts for a 6-9 increase
3 pts for a 10-20 increase
4 pts for a 25-50 increase
5 pts for a 50+ increase
Same points are deducted if there is a decrease.

First-Time Attenders
1 pt for a 1-5 FTA
2 pts for a 6-9 FTA
3 pts for a 10-20 FTA
4 pts for a 25-50 FTA
5 pts for a 50+ FTA

Salvation responses:
1 pt for 1 response
2 pts for 2-3 response
3 pts for 4-7 response
4 pts for 8-15 response
5 pts for 16+ response

Baptisms
1 pt for 1 baptisms
2 pts for 2-3 baptisms
3 pts for 4-7 baptisms
4 pts for 8-15 baptisms
5 pts for 16+ baptisms


BONUS POINTS
5 pts if FTAs 50-99 percent fill out a information card.
10 pts if 100 percent FTAs fill out a information card.
10 pts if there are no parent notifications during service.
10 pts if there are no media glitches.
10 pts if church serves "fair trade" coffee.
10 pts if parking lot crew uses orange flags.
10 pts if church is out early.
25 pts if the first three rows are filled at least 80 percent capacity.

NEGATIVE POINTS
5 pts if the coffee runs out early.
5 pts for every 10 mins the service runs long.
5 pts if information is incorrect on sign
5 pts for every time a baby cries so much the parent carries him/her out.
2 pts for every time speaker uses a sermon illustration one year old.
5 pts for every time a speaker uses a sermon illustration 2-4 years old.
10 points every time a speaker uses a sermon illustration 5+ years old.

YOUR TURN: Add more point options, rules, guidelines....