Church just doesn't work on Sundays anymore..well?

Ok... so today is going to be one of those blogs of me searching...for what, not sure yet.

A little bit ago, I was at Sams Club.  I do alot of business at Sams.  We love their rotisserie chickens and salad mix and it is not crazy like HEB.  I also do alot of church business at Sams.  Most of the employess in there know my son and I very well.  So, one of the ladies looked familiar but really could not place why.  I am in there so much I just figured that I recognized her from the last time I was in Sams Club.

Cade and I paid and drove over to get gas.  The guy next to me pumping gas also looked familiar.  I still could not place why really and did not make the connection.  All of a sudden he pops his head around and says, "Hey, when are Christmas Eve services at church this year?  I then realized he was a frequent visitor that I had not seen in awhile.  His wife works at Sams and has been scheduled every Sunday for the past couple of months.  It was then that I realized why the woman who gave us the slim jim sample looked familiar, his wife.

He commented on how much they missed coming to church and how she was trying to rearrange her schedule at Sams so that they could get back to going to church.  She usually is scheduled starting during our morning services straight through until our evening services on Sundays.  Kinda sucks huh?   We chatted for a little bit more and he said that the 11 pm would definitely work for them and was glad we had a late option.

So, I got to thinking.  The church is always worried about attendance.  We are always watching our numbers.   As much as we are a ministry but we are also a business.  BUT, are we an effective business and ministry if we are not meeting the needs of the membership?  In this day and age, yes Sunday is still church day, but when people are working to make ends meet and paying bills and keeping a job, Sunday doesn't always work for church.

So what does the church do?  How do we make worship opportunities and prayer opportunities available for the people of the church when the people of church can't always make it to the available worship opportunities.

This may be my new quest... or at least one to explore.  How can I as a Director of Youth Ministries reach out more effectively to my youth as well as the membership of our church as a whole to "serve neighbors near and far?"

If anyone has any thoughts for my new quest, please share.

So, what would church look like not just on Sunday?  What would church look like that would meet other's needs?

HMMMMM.....