Life often revolves around the public/private school calendar--and when schools shut down, people scatter. There is a giant sucking sound that happens all summer, and it's the lake and the mountains that are pulling people away from church on the weekends. I've heard many people say, "Well, I'll see ya in September!!"
One response we're going to test-run is "Summer Sundays on Monday." Every other Monday night beginning in June, we'll repeat the Sunday worship in our chapel. It will be less formal, naturally, but essentially be the same thing.
I almost want to suggest summer vacation-style spirituality retreats--because surely at least some of folk's motivation for the summer disappearance is the conscious or sub-conscious desire for sabbath.
What kind of events/opportunities have you found to work for people who are feeling the summer fever?
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