I asked some peers in some of my networking groups: Is there something more Church greeters can say than "Good morning?"What are some of your suggestions? Please comment on site and join the discussion. This was a response to a prior article:What do you say greeting church visitors? Some Greeting Options Here are some responses from my … [Read more...]
Here as 2012 ends and we step into 2013, a common question appearing in my search results deals with What does the church hospitality committee do? Define the goal I've spoken with several committees over the last few years in my coaching phone calls.A common thread in these conversations is Where do we start? You don't want to re-create … [Read more...]
Many of our churches will experience an increase in attendance this Christmas.Last week, I consulted with an outreach team of a church that moves from three services to five services to accomodate all the people, family and friends for the Christmas Eve service.There are many who will come Christmas Eve that haven't been to church in … [Read more...]
Recently, I was asked the following question via Ask The EvangelismCoach.I've posted this to the community Facebook Page, but wanted to give you all a chance to help pitch in. I hope to do this on a more regular basis. Ask EvangelismCoach Question from Ed: "How do we greet late comers?Do we need to mention that worship service has … [Read more...]
This was originally posted at Group's Church Volunteer CentralOn a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being “This needs definite work”… 5 being “We rock at this”) rate your churches greeting and guest services practices:Our traffic volunteers or shuttle drivers have been coached to know that they are the first representatives of our church and … [Read more...]
Sometimes, we simply grow blind to the obvious.Junk gathers in rooms.Church Bulletins from prior weeks are left laying around.Lost and found items keep gathering in a corner.Bulletin boards get out of date.Toilet handles need jiggling.Window sills accumulate dust.In churches, we simply get used to the way things … [Read more...]
I have a twitter feed that watches for information on church greeters.Every Sunday, I seeJoy at serving as a church greeter Complaints about experiences with rude church greeters Sarcasm aimed at unprepared greeters at church Nervous greeters announcing how nervous they are. Comments that are generally inappropriate for church … [Read more...]
You’ve worked so hard to attract church visitors. . . . .You passionately desire to reach these newcomers for Christ.You know that Jesus can make a difference in their life.Perhaps you’ve spent money on advertising like a direct mail campaign or business cards members give away. You’ve designed sermon series to hopefully entice a … [Read more...]
Over at http://www.ChurchHospitalityTraining.com, I've released video Number3.In today's video, I address one of the biggest barriers that churches put up to visitors who do come back for several weeks in a row.I once attended a local fellowship for nearly 6 months and still had no friends. It was a fellowship with about 100 people … [Read more...]
Earlier this year, a church hospitality committee leader called me up to have chat about how to restart their hospitality ministries.Perhaps you have the same challenge they had: People come for the first time, but they don't come back. What can we do to fix that? This church began looking for solutionsby evaluating their hospitality … [Read more...]
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