Tonight I was asked by a guy in our church to be a "Greeter" which means I'd shake people's hands as they come in. (Twitter user)A friend went to a large church in Dallas. She and her friends were the only Asians. The greeter said "Hi, I served in the Vietnam war." (Twitter User) Being a … [Read more...]
5 Barriers to Effective Church Hospitality
November 18, 2009 By 4 Comments
In the registration form on a recent webinar on Improving your Church Hospitality, people were asked "What is your biggest challenge in your church hospitality ministry?" Most respondents were people leading or serving in Hospitality ministries, pastors and officers in church leadership, plus a … [Read more...]
The View of a First Time Church Visitor
October 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Today's guest article is written by Les Brown who writes devotionals at http://lesbrowndevotionals.com. He develops a composite story of errors made in welcoming first time visitors to church.It may read a little harsh, but I've experienced almost every one of these events in his story, just … [Read more...]
Webinar: Training Church Greeters Resources
October 8, 2009 By 4 Comments
Tonight I was asked by a guy in our church to be a "Greeter" which means I'd shake people's hands as they come in. (Twitter user) Being a greeter is much more than shaking hands as people walk in the door of your church during worship services.So many churches simply recruit warm bodies to … [Read more...]
The Vital Role of Church Greeters
October 8, 2009 By 1 Comment
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2: The Impact of Church Greeters in my new ebook Church Greeters 101.It launches this week for $12.99 and is only available for download atwww.ChurchGreeterTraining.comPrice good through Sunday night, 9pm October 11, … [Read more...]
How to Personally Recruit New Church Greeters
October 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Note: What follows is a sample from the book, "Church Greeters 101" being released October 8, 2009. It is currently priced at $14.99Here is what one reviewer has already said: I’ve been looking for a resource to help guide me as I work to rebuild our greeter ministry.Church Greeters 101 … [Read more...]
Friday Finds September 18
September 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Every now and then I put up a set of links from stuff I've been reading that I have found interesting and noteworthy. There are often no themes, which reflects the randomness of my reading:Links from people I follow on Twitter. Links from my Google feed reader Shared Facebook … [Read more...]
Book Review: Serving as a Church Greeter Les Parrott
August 9, 2009 By 3 Comments
The church greeter surveys that I've been conducting on greeter training material reveal that there is a tremendous lack of easily available information on recruiting and training church greeters.I've read a series of books on the issue, and agree with that observation. Recently, I've read Les … [Read more...]
How to Make and Use Church Name Tags
June 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
For churches that have considered and want to implement using nametags, today's post gives you some thoughts about how to make and use nametags in church. 1. Preprint church name tags for your regular attendees One church set up two large registration areas.One has preprinted tags for … [Read more...]
Make it easy to Build Relational Connections
May 21, 2009 By 1 Comment
As the author, I get to hear various reasons why people buy How to Welcome Church Visitors.Why are church hospitality committees (Read: What do Church Hospitality Committees do?) looking to improve their hospitality ministry in their church by buying my book?Fear that a visitor to their … [Read more...]
