Modern BelieverCulture Changes. God Doesn't.

You have the full service planned, everything clicks along nicely from one phase to the next. The audience stays with you the entire time, except for one small problem. There’s that significant group of people who start thinking about something else as soon as you get to announcements.

They aren’t easy. Announcements will break up the flow more easily than just about anything. Which means if you aren’t trying something different, you will continue to lose that group week after week.

Sojourn has some guidelines that might work for your church.