What Is the Best Time for a Worship Service?

Podcast Episode #221

Discuss about the origins of Sunday morning worship service times as well as the most common times and some not-so-common worship times.

Some highlights from today’s episode include:

Your worship service start times will be influenced by capacity, culture, and convenience.
Why not be convenient with the worship service start time at your church?
11:00 AM is typically the latest start time you will see for churches with one service.
Often worship times are dictated by parking capacity and not worship center capacity.
You might be able to reach an underserved segment of your community with a non-Sunday morning worship time.
8:00 AM on Sunday morning is fast becoming the most preferred worship time for Boomers.
It’s ironic that we consider 8:00 AM an early time for worship—but not for work.

The six considerations we discuss regarding worship times are:

10:00 AM Sunday: the most popular time.
11:00 AM Sunday: the most traditional time.
A time that is at the top or bottom of the hour.
A time to reach those who can’t come on Sunday morning.
8:00 AM Sunday: the Boomer time.
A memorable time, like 11:11 AM.

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