At my previous church I moved rows of plastic chairs.
A. Lot. Of. Chairs.
Each week I'd set up the hall/church for the Friday youth activities and the Sunday night evening service.
As the architect of the seating arrangements I had a lot of choices...
How many chairs do I put out?
Do I match the amount of last week?
Do I leave room for more?
Do I have the same arrangement as usual?
Where do I want the focus to be?
How do I get the majority of people sitting where I prefer?
Most importantly...
How do I make it look full?
This is the question which dictates the most time in the mind of a person setting up for church.
Can you make the space feel full?
Can people look around and see others?
Are there spots where people can feel isolated?
I'd love to say that I had noble, God's-Kingdom-building, intentions when I set out the chairs.
But, truthfully, some weeks were about creating the illusion of a fattened attendance, even if there weren't more people in the room.
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