Grandview Community Church (Muskogee, Michigan) started "Get R.E.A.L." as a way to bring un-churched folks into the church for "safe" classes that wouldn't scare them away.  While that happened, many of our regulars from Sunday morning started coming as well and our Wednesday night attendance went from 20 to 80 in one week! 

The classes we have offered so far have been:  Sign Language, Scrap-booking, Drama, Creation vs. Evolution, Sign Language Songs (learning to worship with signing), Revelations, Crafts, Cake Decorating, God Chasers, Self-Esteem, Self-Defense.

The surprise blessing from this was having classes with the teens (ages 12-17) mixed with the adults.  I have heard comments from the kids that they "didn't realize ‘Ms. Bertha' (name has been changed to protect the guilty) was so cool!"…And, from the adults, that they "didn't realize how smart the kids are"! The kids are learning that the adults really do like them and the adults are learning that there is more to the teens than purple hair and chains!