This is year at Easter, we are asking our people inside the church as well as guest outside the church to get tickets to one of our seven worship services on Saturday and Sunday of Easter weekend. Being a new strategy, it can meet some questions and even some push back with this plan. We know it is not a perfect plan, but we have trying to do our part to make sure we do not face the “train wreck” that happened Christmas 2010. On that night we had over 1,200 people show up for one service to a room that only seated 740. People were turned away from worship space, the over flow space, and the parking lot. It was not a good night for Mount Ararat. So we decided to take a huge risk the following Easter by trying a FREE Ticket strategy.
Let me explain, Why Tickets?
1. Balance out attendance (Given out 500 tickets or more for each service, except for Sunday at 12:45pm)
2. Increase our ability to invite people to come be our guests (Increased attendance 500-1,000 each holiday)
3. Ensure the best optimum experience for our members and guests (Better experience on Christmas 2011)
4. Allow us to add more worship services when needed (Added worship services every Christmas and Easter)
5. Prepare our volunteers to serve all the people before, during, and after each service
*We have already given out over 3,500 tickets. With our walk up potential, we could worship with over 4,000 people this Easter! I am so proud of you church!
