Youth night

Consider seriously having the youth program on a week night. This is not best for some churches, but has real possibilities for many:

• Families travel a lot on weekends, rarely Tuesday through Thursday.
  
• There are a lot of sports games on Sunday – but then there a lot of sports games on every day....
  
• Kids put off doing homework until Sunday night.
  
• Many schools now have a lot of 3-4 day weekends which break a group's rhythm.
  
• Churches have a lot of Sunday evening events which break a group's rhythm.
  
• Some communities still have a midweek “church night” that has limited sports and school activities.
  
• Also, a church can have it's own “church night” when it tries to have all its regular meetings.
  
• Try for an all in one night approach. Cutting down on the number of trips to the church is appreciated by parents and gives the impression that the church is a unity rather than a bunch of unrelated departments: Youth Groups, Youth Choirs, Bible Study group, Tutoring, Service projects, Confirmation class, Scouting, God and Country programs.