Finding a seat
Where should you sit?
Choose a seat based on how close you want to be to other people and sound.
When you enter the church through the glass doors, and walk around the stained glass partition, you’ll be at the BACK of the church room. The FRONT of the room is at the farthest end, where you’ll see a big cross on the wall, and the altar table on top of a wood platform.
Seating choices go from the most active participants being nearest the front, then there’s a middle area of seating with pappasan chairs for people who want more personal space, and at the back of the room, there are tables for quiet activities or large-scale stimming, whenever you might need a break.
People can move around as much as they need or want to during the service. Wherever you first sit down, if you don’t like it, you can change seats any time.
These three chairs are where the worship leaders sit. Most of the time, it will just be Amy, but sometimes other leaders may sit with her.
There is a bowl of water on a table in the middle of the main seating circle. It represents the water of baptism, which is very important to Christian life.
There are four papassan chairs, for those who need more of a personal space zone. From these chairs you can see and hear and participate in the service, but without anyone sitting near you.
Before the service starts, please save these seats for those who really need them, because of severe social anxiety. After the service starts, you can move to one of these seats, so long as no one else is sitting there.
At the back of the room is a large open space, for anyone who needs to move around a lot for stimming.
There are also several tables for quiet activities:
At the Creative Table, you can draw, write or do math puzzles
At the Spiritual Resources table, you can use tactile prayer aids, or read a book about breathwork or meditation
At the Emotional Resources table, there are things to help you get past any hard emotions you may be feeling
There’s a beverage table too, which usually has coffee, tea and hot chocolate or lemonade. Children need their parent’s permission, but if they say it’s OK, you can come get a drink at any time during the service.
