Are you offering a greeter training?
Are you a greeter volunteer looking for some first steps in your new role?
On Sept 6, 2011 (shortly after hurricane IRENE and Tropical Storm LEE), I recorded a teleclass for greeter training that individuals can use.
Churches should offer greeter training every now and then and here is one.
But here is the question:
- Does your greeter ministry feel stale and unmotivated?
- Are your new volunteer greeters eager to do a great job?
- Do you think your greeters are nervous about knowing what to do?
- Are you running out of time to organize a training event for your greeting team?
- Can’t get your volunteers together during this busy end of summer travel season?
From my own research on church greeters, your new volunteers might be wondering:
- How do I show hospitality to people after the service
- How do I reach out to visitors
- What do I say besides “Good Morning?”
- How do we get guests to come back?
They might be too nervous to ask you directly.
Hospitality organizers are asking:
- How to I get greeters to remain available throughout the Sunday morning services
- How do I train and inspire new volunteers
- How do we get visitor contact information?
- How do I get greeters to be visitor sensitive (instead of talking with their own friends).
- How do I put all the pieces together for a hospitality system?
- How do we get more friendly greeters?
I’ve recorded an on-line training event for
- First time greeters and Ushers
- Potential Greeter and Usher Volunteers
- Hospitality ministry organizers who want a review.
- Current Greeters and Ushers
to help you give that last minute training.
You’ll
- Sharpen your own skills to greet
- Receive a fresh vision for effective greeting
- Overcome the awkwardness some new greeters feel
- Learn some helpful things to say to make small talk with guests.
If you are a greeter volunteer, or even the organizer of your greeting ministry, this training is a quick way to get into the swing of things.
Read a quote from last year:
“Fall 2010 has gone well. I believe the First Touch teams have a renewed sense of purpose and others are doing their part to apply the welcoming concepts they learned when you spoke here. I heard from many folks about how helpful and energizing it was to hear you speak.
Your talk helped us see the need to engage people, not just serve them. I think overall it was one of our most successful events ever, and was a real example of how the momentum is shifting in a positive way.” P Strachan, Midlothian VA.
Comments about the recorded teleclass:
Thanks so much for last night.
Our group really enjoyed it. This was really the first time we’ve done any greeter/usher training. I appreciated your answers to the questions. One thing we realized we’ve been totally missing is an effort AFTER the service. This has inspired a lot of ideas
The class had lots of good, practical advice, some of which we do already. But it will help us fine tune our training etc. and get across that Greeting is a ministry, not just a job for a warm body. The class was well organized, I thought.
It was very informative. I liked having the study sheets, too.
Thank you for doing this, it was very helpful. I want to do some training for our hospitality desks and our greeters, and have been looking for some materials to help!
I did get some great notes to take back to my next greeter’s meeting and I thought the powerpoint presentation was very well organized and informative. I am hoping that on your next presentation some of our greeters will be able to join in. Thank you.
Among other things, you’ll learn
- The vision of Greeting Ministry
- 5 Verbs Every Greeter Must Know
- Conversational Small Talk for Nervous Greeters
- Saying Goodbye with Style
- 2 keys to an effective welcome
- 2 Recruiting Tips
- Q&A on post service receptions, new Christians, and more.
Who:
- Greeter Volunteers,
- Hospitality Coordinators
- Ushers
- Potential Volunteers for Hospitality teams.
When: Instant Access to download the video and handout
Duration: 1 hour, 20min or so
Cost: $9.99 for instant access to the download.
You’ll receive instant access to:
- A Handout to follow along and take notes delivered by email before the webinar.
- The webinar recording. Remember, webinars are powerpoint presentations that are narrated.
- Ongoing information from Evangelismcoach related to hospitality training.
To purchase your copy:
Since it was a paid event, the replay is available for a small fee paid via Paypal or Google wallet
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Back to School Greeter Training Teleseminar (Video)
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- If you bought the download, you’ll receive immediate access to the download screen to get the video and a link to the handout.
- Download Video is in WMV format for windows. It is 46MB long. (I tried an MP4 conversion and it went to 109MB.)
- If you’ve bought the DVD, it’ll be mailed within 24-48 hours, usually. A link to the handout will be included.
More comments
I enjoyed the Webinar very much and feel charged up, excited and ready to go this Fall. This is the second Webinar I took from Pastor Chris and I will continue to take them as he makes them available.
I’m also going to be purchasing his written materials as I’m sure they will be useful as we grow our Hospitality Ministry.
Thank you so much Pastor Chris,the telecast was excellent. You’ve given me alot of information to use in my training of new greeters.
The webinar last night was a good “review” for me. I have studied your works and that of others in the past, so it was more of a review for me, but that was good.
Thank you, Chris, for the seminar. It was definitely worth my time. I appreciated the advance notes. You covered the topic well.
Thank you so much Pastor Chris,the telecast was excellent. You’ve given me alot of information to use in my training of new greeters
It was very informative. I liked having the study sheets, too.
This is not industry. This is a ministry. I appreciated your emphasis on this fact. I liked your presentation; I took notes which will help me in working with our greeter ministry.
Thank you for sharing your compassion, experiences and wisdom with us! I have the desire to make our visitors feel loved, comfortable and equally a part of our worship so I welcome all the help I can receive.
You always present your material in a way I can comprehend and “user friendly”.
I enjoyed the Webinar very much and feel charged up, excited and ready to go this Fall. This is the second Webinar I took from Pastor Chris and I will continue to take them as he makes them available.
I’m also going to be purchasing his written materials as I’m sure they will be useful as we grow our Hospitality Ministry.
I really appreciated the emphasis on greeting being a ministry, not just being friendly. Thank you for sharing your experiences and what you have learned in the years you have been involved in greeting ministries at churches.
Bro Walker I really enjoy all the training modules. They are very informative for our greeters ministry. Thank you very much for being Gods Vessel.
Dear beloved of God thank you so much for your teaching , about the “Evangelism , i was be blessed through your teachings, i and my ministry in Uganda, we thank the lord
for you and your ministry , we are continue to pray for you and your all ministry. about Christmas , we are planing to to welcome every partner , to come to join us in the , cerebration, of our Jesus Christ day. and we welcome every people , who are ready to give anything for children, and poor for the cerebration day December.
you can send your massage through kfmission@yahoo.com or p.o.box 25 kawempe – Uganda.
thank you.
pastor Edwin muganyizi