Statistics for March and April -- because everybody likes statistics, right?

The second two months: a summary

We've reported on 12 worship services in the past two months and 26 so far this year. In general, here's how the numbers break down for the past two months. Have we forgotten anything?*

Number of songs (by congregation, choir, worship band, or soloist)

Most: 10 at 16th Street Baptist, Birmingham, Alabama 

Fewest:  2 at Shallowford Presbyterian, Atlanta, Georgia 

Average: 6

Service length

Longest: 1 hour 48 minutes at 16th Street Baptist, Birmingham , Alabama

Shortest: 42 minutes at Clairmont Presbyterian, Atlanta, Georgia

Average: 1 hour 13 minutes

Sermon length

Longest: 55 minutes, First Baptist of Indian Rocks, Largo, Florida

Shortest: 7 minutes, Saint John's United Methodist Church, Fort Mill, South Carolina

Average: 38 minutes

Our rough attendance count

Highest: 628, First Baptist Church of Indian Rocks, Largo, Florida (HD -- contemporary -- service)

Lowest: 40, First Baptist Church of Indian Rocks (traditional service)

Average: 183

Median: 87

5 worship services had more than 150 attendees, and 7 had fewer than 150 attendees. Only 3 worship services had fewer than 50 in attendance

Snacks

Coffee and decaffeinated coffee: 6 churches (most also had decaf)

Pastries: 2 churches

Hot water for tea or hot chocolate:  3 churches

Cold water: 4 churches

Donut holes: 3 churches

Lemonade or juice: 4 churches

Other (French toast, sausage and biscuits, pigs in a blanket, mini croissants, scones, fruit): 2 churches

Distance from previous church

Longest: 595 miles (from Clairmont Presbyterian, to Saint John's United Methodist)

Shortest: 4 miles (from Clairmont Presbyterian, to Shallowford Presbyterian)

Average: 247 miles

Note: this isn't the actual distance we traveled between churches, since we generally made a lot of other stops along the way. Instead, it's the distance if we'd driven directly from one church to the next.

*I'm right about everybody liking statistics, right? Because I've got links for more! January and February. and 2016 statistics so far. Around the beginning of July, we'll have even more. 

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January and February summary

We've reported on fourteen worship services so far. For one reason or another, we didn't write about a couple other services we attended, so their stats haven't been recorded (sorry!). Here's how the numbers break down. Have we forgotten anything?

Number of songs (by congregation, choir, worship band, or soloist)
Most: 12 (Congregation Beth Sar Shalom, Tucson, AZ)
Fewest: 3 (SIL Mexico Branch -- kind of a cheat, because it wasn't technically a church, though the gathering was definitely a worship service, Tucson, AZ)
Average: 7

Service length
Longest: 1 hour 54 minutes (Forerunner Christian Fellowship, Grandview, MO)
Shortest: 45 minutes (Day One worship service, First Presbyterian Church, Fort Smith, AR)
Average: 1 hour 13 minutes

Sermon length
Longest: 50 minutes (Redeemer Fellowship, Kansas City, MO)
Shortest: 4 minutes (Elm Tree Baptist Church, Tahlequah, OK -- to be accurate, though, four visiting college students had already shared their experiences on a recent missions trip to Haiti; together, their reports lasted about half an hour)
Average: 26 minutes

Our rough attendance count
Highest: 1,800 (Forerunner Christian Fellowship, Grandview, MO)
Lowest: 40 (Vieux Carre Baptist Church, New Orleans, LA)
Average: 234
Median: 100
7 worship services had more than 100 attendees, and seven had fewer than 100 attendees. Only three worship services had more than 150 in attendance

Snacks
Coffee: 10 churches (most also had decaf)
Pastries: 6 churches (cookies, muffins, brownies, cinnamon rolls, or random desserts)
Hot water for tea or hot chocolate: 5 churches
Cold water: 4 churches
Donuts: 3 churches
Lemonade or juice: 2 churches
Bagels (with cream cheese and salmon): 1 church
Hummus and pita chips: 1 church

Distance from previous church
Longest: 680 miles (from Eldorado Community Church, Santa Fe, NM, to Saint Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, Austin, TX)
Shortest: 2 miles (from First Christian Church, Las Vegas, NV, to the Las Vegas Rescue Mission, Las Vegas, NV)
Average: 268 miles
Note: this isn't the actual distance we traveled between churches, since we generally made other stops along the way. Instead, it's the distance if we'd driven directly from one church to the next.