Predictions of the Decade, pt. 3

We've been having some fun the last couple days playing Nostradamus, predicting significant events for the next decade as we come to a close of the current one.  And though I've been using the phrase "for entertainment purposes only" for most of these predictions, this first prediction is the one that directly involves you, and is not just for entertainment.

611 will become a worship community that sets a trend of how faith communities are formed, a trend that many churches will mimic in the next decade.  This is not a flippant stab in the dark, and it is not an ego trip.  The majority of people who have been to our worship community have loved the format, with some even making statements like, "...after worshipping like this, why would I ever go back?"

The two things that have defined 611 worship so far are short services with accompanying small groups and all community, hands on service projects.  Both of these staples will catch on because they both hit at the heart of what we ideally want when they worship:  to connect with God, to get to know other people, and to do something meaningful.

2 more fun ones...

There will be a dramatic increase in teen insomnia over the next decade.  Two reasons:  increased pressure thrown on adolescents at an age when they aren't able to handle it, and an exploding trend of nighttime texting among teens age 14-18.

Television programming will move to a complete "on demand" system, relegating all network and cable channels as archaic.   This is a direction that we're already heading, but with ad revenues dramatically dropping for networks, I believe we'll have a completely on demand entertainment world by 2019.

Have an awesome new year...