Why Vespers?
One of the visible signs of a healthy church is that its demographic percentages closely mirror the demographics of the surrounding community. Among other things, a healthy church generally provides a snapshot of the community. Look around in any service on Sunday and you'll see every age group represented. Faith would easily pass its "yearly physical." However, across the country, in every denomination, one generation is disappearing. Those who are college age to around 32 years of age are not attending. If you look around on Sunday, you will see that Faith is doing better than many, but the percentage is low compared to the surrounding community. Even many who have grown up at Faith are absent. As I have talked with pastors around the country I hear the same thing over and over – This generation doesn't feel that there is a place for them in the church. As we have prayed about how to reach this missing generation, the staff, along with several parents whose children