Sunday School vs. Church Attendance?

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One interesting thing about plain Anabaptists (particularly the plainer or more conservative ones) is that nobody just sits and rots on a membership roll who hasn't attended in years; some people are shut-ins or haven't been seen in a while, but at least the ministry knows what is going on with them.
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Josh wrote:One interesting thing about plain Anabaptists (particularly the plainer or more conservative ones) is that nobody just sits and rots on a membership roll who hasn't attended in years; some people are shut-ins or haven't been seen in a while, but at least the ministry knows what is going on with them.
We take seriously the instruction to "[not forsake] the assembling of yourselves together, as the manner of some is."
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ken_sylvania wrote:
Josh wrote:One interesting thing about plain Anabaptists (particularly the plainer or more conservative ones) is that nobody just sits and rots on a membership roll who hasn't attended in years; some people are shut-ins or haven't been seen in a while, but at least the ministry knows what is going on with them.
We take seriously the instruction to "[not forsake] the assembling of yourselves together, as the manner of some is."
That would certainly be our situation as well.
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I think a lot of groups can be pretty strict concerning attendance.... for example, among the brethren circles, if you fail to take part in love feast/communion and/or refuse spring deacon's visits so many times in a row you are taken off the roll. I also think if you're not seen at regular church services for a certain period of time, you're removed as well.
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Missing more than two consecutive communions without valid reason will require reinstatement as a member for us.
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Hats Off wrote:Missing more than two consecutive communions without valid reason will require reinstatement as a member for us.
I think our practice is three.
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Even if you aren’t a member, but regularly attend, folks will want to know where you are if you stop showing up.

I travel a lot for work and avoid travelling on Sundays, so that means I spend a lot of weekends away from home. By the time I get home, it seems everyone there already knows where I’ve been—the congregations I visit out of town end up talking to people in my home congregation that they saw me and share what I’ve been up to.
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Josh wrote:I travel a lot for work and avoid travelling on Sundays, so that means I spend a lot of weekends away from home. By the time I get home, it seems everyone there already knows where I’ve been—the congregations I visit out of town end up talking to people in my home congregation that they saw me and share what I’ve been up to.
Have you checked to see if you're being mentioned in The Budget? 8-)
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ohio jones wrote:Have you checked to see if you're being mentioned in The Budget? 8-)
You are hereby prohibited from ever mentioning that ever again! I think I'm gonna be sick now.... :D
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Okay, but have you checked in die Botshafte if the other one is out of bounds here? If you are going to be sick that other paper has many remedies that should fix whatever ails you!
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