A Comprehensive Guide for Adding a Second Worship Service

Making the decision to add an additional worship service, or even considering such a thing, is a major undertaking in congregational life. As institutions (and even as members of institutions), we don’t always embrace even the smallest changes easily, and alterations in our worship styles and patterns are not small changes. Rather, they are often some of the largest changes that congregations choose to undertake. Yet many positive reasons for adding worship opportunities exist:

  • to relieve overcrowding
  • to grow the congregation
  • to offer something entirely new to the members and to individuals outside the congregation

Here are some resources for your congregation as you consider whether to add an additional worship service: