Sunday evening services became even more significant as a time for the whole church family to be together. The adjustment to the time and schedule constraints is significant. There is not time to spontaneously extend the services' lengths. On the solution side, pre-service praise times, better planning of briefer announcements, and not referring to the time constraints, all help people enter into the worship and teaching ministries without being time conscious. The scheduling of Sunday School so that it moves into the new schedule with strength, whether it is sandwiched in between the two morning services or is held concurrent to one or all morning services.
Preparations Preparing a congregation for multiple services is critical.
It involves more than making an announcement of a starting date. Attitudes and logistics must both be well prepared. The congregation must be prepared to meet with half the number of worshippers at first in order to reach more people later. I've always told our church families as we went into two morning services that it will be different when we gather, sing and fellowship but that every empty seat is providing space for us to see our church reach someone else Jesus died to reach. I have found that the best times of the year to launch into multiple services are in September or January as the ministries come back strong after seasonal breaks.