This was the scene this morning at 9.15am. I was keen to leave them until the congregation arrived, and invite everyone to take a seat when they arrrived! In the end, we had some time, so set them out before everyone arrived. Michael Robertson, our Board Chairman recently suggested that we should have a Sunday morning, where all the various elements of support such as sound, av, hospitality, musicians, welcomers were all taken away, just to highlight the level of commitment by the various teams. I'm not sure what it is like for other congregations, but at Hilton we have a fantastic level of commitment by many people towards serving, but there's no doubt that it would be a great blessing if we could encourage a few more to share in the various ministries. Perhaps we'll have a focus on serving at a service within the next few months. 
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Maybe a rota for putting out seats would be an idea. This one is simple and not technical so should not scare people away. What about the youth groups could we not have some of the older children in the congregation taking a bigger part in serving - putting chairs out, offering, welcoming people even helping with hospitality in large hall after serving teas/coffee.
I think children should be encouraged from a young age to serve God and Im sure there is some things even the younger folk of the congregation could help with.
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