Comparison of Children’s Ministry Statistics

The following table compares average weekly attendance as well as highest weekly attendance in Children’s Ministry for 2005 and 2009.

	2005 Avg. Weekly	2005 Highest	2009 Avg. Weekly	2009 Highest	Growth
Overall Weekly Total	179	276	310	397	73%
Nursery Total Infants (0-12 mos) Walkers (12-23 mos) Two year olds Three year olds	90 10 19 27 24	115 22 30 44 35	140 17 36 48 38	179 29 49 64 52	57% 70% 94% 85% 58%
Preschool Total Preschool Kindergarten	46 23 23	64 39 40	69 42 27	106 66 40	50% 82% 17%
Elementary Total 1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade	49 17 11 7 9 5	82 29 27 14 17 15	92 19 22 12 13 10	138 39 36 25 23 18	88% 12% 100% 71% 44% 100%

Note: 2009 Elementary numbers by grade are lower than actuals. WS5PM reports combined 1st-2nd grade and 3rd-5th grade numbers and are not included in this table. Elementary total number is accurate. Average weekly numbers are based on entire year and are therefore slightly lower than if based on academic year average.

Comparison Summary:

• Family Ministries was created as a result of the 2005 Vision Campaign with one of the goals being encouraging families to stay in the city. As we are now embarking on the RENEW Campaign, it is significant to see what the efforts of the previous campaign have accomplished.

• Overall, Children’s Ministry has grown 73% in average weekly attendance over the past four years.

• In most categories, the average attendance for 2009 is greater than the highest reported attendance in 2005.

• Families with very young children (0-3yrs) continue to be our largest demographic.

• What is most remarkable is the 88% growth in the elementary numbers. Given the challenges of real estate and education, this trend says a great deal about the commitment of Redeemer families to stay in the city.

• These trends also point toward potential numbers and needs in our Youth Ministry.

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