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This Sunday's Numbers

How this weekend compared to your 12-week pace

What's moving in JHM and HSM over time

LV and RL are the small-campus peers · Anaheim's scale isn't a fair compare

JHM + HSM · Combined · 12-week average

What LV does for JHM

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Promotion Sunday in early June, not late August — gives rising 6th graders 8 weeks to settle before the school year. Granger Community Church's transition playbook is the model.
A "Taxi Driver" + "Ring-a-Ding" volunteer corps — middle schoolers can't drive themselves. Removing the transportation barrier and a 30-second "we missed you" call doubles midweek attendance at small campuses.
1:4 volunteer-to-student ratio — Ministry Architects' benchmark. Relational density matters more than program quality at this size.
Events designed for visitor-bringing — board games, taco-and-laser-tag, In-N-Out runs. Grow Curriculum's event-design principle: build the calendar around events your students feel confident inviting friends to.

What RL does for HSM

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QR self-check-in at the HSM room — imperfect data beats no data. The Rock check-in null problem disappears the moment teenagers can scan themselves in.
Small-group leader owns the roll, not the front desk. Lifeway research is consistent — the relational owner of the roster also owns the retention.
Mentor sitting beside the student in the all-church service. Fuller's Sticky Faith research: this single variable predicts mature faith into young adulthood more than any other.
Two-touch follow-up the same week — a Sunday-evening text and a Tuesday DM. The HSM kid who hears from an adult twice between Sundays comes back the next Sunday.

FY26 ends Aug 31, 2026 · Slow steady weekly pace toward the finish line

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