Radical changes would be an admission failure. This is unacceptable. Change may be agonizingly slow. Appeal to their values the church, their children, their vision of mission. Express your offer of help in terms of these values.
Many small churches are in a rut.
You probably know small churches that do the routines. They have settled into a comfortable rut. They have lost their dreams. They meet, do Sunday School and have worship. Maintenance, not missions, describes their approach to doing church.