No Children in Service Day 1

Along with Easter being today, we started our no children in the service. It went GREAT. With the exception of one lady prior to the service, I literally had NO ONE even mention it. I watched and listened over and over as our Host Team explained the church vision to our guests and I watched every one of them take their children to the children’s area.

Our children’s check-in team dealt with two snide comments from OUR people but they handled themselves great. I was very proud.

The coolest thing was watching people who normally take their children in the service thanking me after the service that we started the no children thing. One lady told me it was the first service she had enjoyed since coming.
We set up a nice area for mothers with newborns. They could hear the service but not see it. We had two couples I really love back there and I felt guilty. This week we are going to figure up a way to get a video feed back there.

The service was GREAT. It was so nice to preach the gospel and to know that I was not contending with their attention with a cute baby.

If you are a church planter, I would strongly encourage you to start your church with this policy. We had one family leave the church when we first announced it and I hated that BUT the bottom line is those who have a problem with the policy, have a problem with the vision of the church. When you are fueled by vision, it makes life a whole lot easier to implement these type of things.

Thanks to Perry Noble for all the advice in doing this! You da the man!