The year in numbers
We've reported on 26 worship services so far this year. We attended a few other services that we didn't record, but here's what we know so far.*
Number of songs (by congregation, choir, worship band, or soloist)
Most: 12 (Beth Sar Shalom, Tucson, Arizona)
Fewest: 2 (Shallowford Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Georgia)
Average: 6.5
Service length
Longest: 1 hour 54 minutes (Forerunner Christian Fellowship, Grandview, Missouri)
Shortest: 42 minutes (Clairmont Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Georgia)
Average: 1 hour 13 minutes
Sermon length
Longest: 55 minutes (First Baptist of Indian Rocks, Largo, Florida)
Shortest: 4 minutes (Elm Tree Baptist, Tahlequah, Oklahoma )
Average: 32 minutes
Our rough attendance count
Highest: 1,800 (Forerunner Christian Fellowship)
Lowest: 40 (traditional service at First Baptist of Indian Rocks and Vieux Carre Baptist, New Orleans, Louisiana)
Average: 208
Median: 90
13 worship services had more than 90 attendees, and 13 had fewer than 90 attendees. Only 8 worship services had more than 150 in attendance
Snacks
Coffee and Decaffeinated: 16 churches (most also had decaf)
Pastries: 8 churches
Hot water for tea or hot chocolate: 8 churches
Cold water: 8 churches
Donuts or donut holes: 6 churches
Lemonade or juice: 6 churches
Other: 4 churches
Distance from previous church
Longest: 680 miles (Eldorado Community Church, Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Saint Catherine of Siena, Austin, Texas)
Shortest: 2 miles (from First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Las Vegas, Nevada, to Las Vegas Rescue Mission, Las Vegas, Nevada)
Average: 257 miles
Note: this isn't the actual distance we traveled between churches, since we generally make a lot of other stops along the way. Instead, it's the distance if we'd driven directly from one church to the next.
Here's where to find statistics broken down two months at a time: January and February. March and April.
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