Swine Effects

Previously I mentioned about H1N1 and the bible, it seems that our church is also in the swine effects mood! About 2 weeks ago, the Chinese congregations was about 55 people or so. Last week, it only has 44! Only English service has been consistently float around this figure ever since they started but have now reduced to 30-35 lately.

I must say, this is a number we have not seen since mid-2002 except for summer time. Unemployment in the US is about 27 years high, ours is about 5 years high for unchurched members while our church history is just less than 9 years old.

Could this be related to swine flu?

Not quite! Most of our members are in Sydney visting Jay Chou, Malaysia spending time with families, and some on holidays interstate. However, if we really count the heads, do we really have half (50%) of the people away?

Maybe 25% but 50% is a bit hard to believe.

Could the panic button be hit or will we just have more excuses to ourselves? Personally, I'd have reviewed when we're floating around 80 mark and seriously reviewing when we hit 70. Nearing 50 would be damage control.

Oh well, I might be thinking too much. It could just be a false alarm. After all, I think we managed to hit over 50 today? :D

Road to recovery is too hard to be accomplish by one person, we need a team. At the moment, we're not a team yet.

We're still in the midst of swine effects, not swine flu effects.