When you work for a church long enough you discover the seemingly random, once-a-month-but-never-two-weeks-in-a-row, attendance of many families to church services.
Based on the normal year the Sundays are spent as follows...
Missing church because...
The week before and after Christmas due to family commitments (2)
The Sunday after New Years recovering (1)
The week before and after Easter to avoid family commitments (2)
The Sunday nearest to Australia Day with friends (1)
It would be unAustralian to not be with mates on ANZAC Day! (1)
The last Sunday of the school year the kids need a break (1)
The first Sunday of the school year the kids need to prepare (1)
Attending Family reunion (1)
Attending family weddings or funerals (1)
Wedding Anniversary (1)
Sickness... when one member of the clan goes down then we all must stay in (3)
Parent Business trip (1)
Family vacations (3)
Children's sporting commitments (6)
Father's television sporting commitments (3)
Unexpected guests who we couldn't kick out by Sunday (2)
Time changed due to daylight saving (2)
Bad weather - heat, cold, rain, wind, dust, snow, flood, cloud (3)
Slept in (3)
Personal reason - read... i wasn't "in the mood" (2)
Family reasons - read... another family member wasn't "in the mood" (4)
At church... 8 Sundays.
Unless something comes up.
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