Paradigm RE-Shift

In the 70's/80's youth ministry began to really professionalize. The church saw a need to reach students for Christ, and knew they had to reach students differently than they would reach adults. Specifically, as the church's awareness of the need to reach unchurched people began to shift, the paradigm of youth ministry began to shift as well. Because the typical teenager that did not know Christ would never go to church on Sunday morning, we started Wednesday night programs that were innovative, creative and effective. Students who would never come to church to hear about Christ were now entering into a relationship with Jesus and becoming followers of him. After they were plugged into a Wednesday night ministry, as their faith grew, so did their tendency to go to church. The formerly unchurched student now loves Jesus and wants to grow his or her faith. Sunday School (if the church offered it) was the next step in his/her development. That model continues to be very effective, especially in non denominational churches that do such a great job of reaching the unchurched for Christ. A mid week program is a great way to reach unchurched students. I currently serve at a large, traditional, mainline denominational church, and we kicked off our mid week program called entourage two weeks ago, and it's been interesting to watch. Because of the vision and demographics of the bible churches I've been at, the question was always how do we reach the unchurched for Christ? The question that has arisen at Christ Church Greenville has been different, it's "How do we reach Churched Students for Christ?" A lot of students at our church (like any in the bible belt) go to church sunday because their parents make them. It's what is done in the south on sunday before football comes on television. Simply attending church no longer means some one follows Christ. The majority of our unreached students show up on sunday morning, not wednesday night. The wednesday nighters are serious enough about their faith to make the extra time at church a priority. This is a completely different paradigm than that seen in the "typical" American youth program. If we make Wednesday night the outreach level program, (which we have been doing) then the kids who are at the outreach level faith wise aren't going to come. The outreach level students are there on Sunday Morning. How do we eschew the traditional Sunday Morning Model in a way that we reach the students when they come? I feel like in the coming years here, we are going to explore changing the wednesday night paradigm. If we want to connect with the students who aren't committed followers of Christ, we are going to have to do it when they are going to come, which is Sunday morning. What does that look like? How can we re-invent Sunday Morning to connect our fringe students? What do you think?