Expecting Church Visitors at Christmas? 5 areas to spruce up

Church Visitor Welcome Packet

Are you prepared for to receive new church visitors at Christmas time?I want to give you 5 areas to consider improving your church welcome for your first time visitors when the come this Christmas Season. 1.  Train Greeters Greeters can provide a warm handshake, helpful information and walk a … [Read more...]

How to keep church visitors coming back after Christmas

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Most churches experience an influx of church visitors at Christmas time.Some are out of town guests. Other church visitors seek out the Christmas traditions of their youth. Others are awakening to their spiritual thirst.Churches have special activities that are geared at increasing the … [Read more...]

How to Say the Welcome Greeting at a church

Saying a Church Welcome from the Pulpit

Imagine that you are a lay person in your congregation (many of you are).Your pastor calls you on Thursday and says We are preparing the church bulletin.Would you like to be our liturgist and give the welcome speech on Sunday? Your heart races, the mouth goes dry.  You think: Me?  I … [Read more...]

Webinar: Training Church Greeters Resources

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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...]

How to Make and Use Church Name Tags

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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...]

Build Relational Connections

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As the author, I get to hear various reasons why people buy  How to Welcome Church Visitors.Why are church hospitality committees looking to improve their hospitality ministry in their church by buying my book?Fear that a visitor to their church will come a few times and still not feel … [Read more...]

More recommendations on How To Welcome Church Visitors

Note: Shameless self-promotion follows.I've collected a few more stories of how people are using and finding my book How To Welcome Church Visitors. We have been giving church hospitality workshops for over 15 years and of the 25 or more books we have used in the past, yours is by far the best … [Read more...]

Improve Your Church Hospitality Webinar

Perhaps you’re wonderingHow to improve your first impressions ministry for first time church visitors What to say to a first time visitor. How to train church greeters.Do you want to retain more of your church visitors?That process starts with a great first impression.A first … [Read more...]

Guest Article: Church Hospitality Training

This was submitted by one of our readers and permission granted to be distributed by EvangelismCoach.org.  The writer wishes to remain anonymous.  Some slight editing for on-line reading have been made.The writer gave this as part of their Hospitality training to their welcoming ministries … [Read more...]

Get 1 hour of Free Evangelism Coaching

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I offer one hour of free evangelism coaching ($45 value) to those who purchase a copy of How to Welcome Church Visitors.  A recent buyer who chairs an evangelism committee and runs the church greeter program claimed his hour and had this to say: Chris Walker's coaching ability is wonderful.  He's … [Read more...]