Breakfast on the Beach Launch!

The launch of 'Breakfast on the Beach' was on Sunday! There were enthusiastic responses from those involved, not many new folk came in through the doors but no one seemed worried by that. No one knew how it would work, what it would look and feel like and as a trial run it went really well. The prayer meeting which usually meets at 9am continued in the 'Quiet Space' while those who had offered to help set to work with a will. Some slight hitches with the technology (minimal:both the technology and the hitch) From 10 am the doors opened. Breakfast was simple and people just relaxed and talked. At least one couple just came in off the street, and we are hoping that word of mouth will just spread the news, the idea is that we will run once a month till Christmas and review. My question at the moment is are we still using an attractional model of church? We are not asking people to come to worship. In theory we are simply providing a base where our young 20-30 somethings and others can bring there unchurched friends and a base where people we meet in this new community can be invited to get to meet others and talk about life issues that are important to them. We are heavily relying on networking though we are advertising as well in a relatively low key way. This first breakfast was quite heavy on time and resources, but now we are set up equipment and basics it will be interesting to see how much time and effort is needed to run the next breakfast, can we do it with minimal preparation and resourcing? Will more or different people come?