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...]

Prepare Your Church for Christmas Visitors – Hospitality Review

Church Hospitality for Christmas

Christmas is an ideal time to attract people into your churchby hosting Advent activities, reaching out into the community, and making your church more inviting.Don't miss the opportunities to introduce people to Christ this Christmas.As you celebrate and announce the birth of … [Read more...]

Personal Evangelism Substitute #2: Hospitality

Today is part two of a series on four substitutes for Evangelism.   To be sure to get the next parts, choose one of the subscription options via RSS Feed, Twitter, or Facebook.  (This material is covered briefly on disk #1 in my Fear Free Evangelism Seminar CD set coming later this … [Read more...]

My Top 10 Books on Church Hospitality

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One common question that I'm asked is for a recommended reading list on books related to church hospitality.I've compiled this based on the reading that I've done. The 2 Church Hospitality e-books I've written: 1.  Church Greeters 101 Church Greeters 101 is an instant download after … [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...]

Is Your Church’s Hospitality Ministry stuck?

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A few weeks ago, a church setup a Church Leadership Coaching Session.The pastor organized one of their leadership committees that were taking on some new areas of responsibility, particularly in the area of church hospitality.Why did they do that?The church was experiencing some new and … [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...]

7 Ways to Prepare Your Church for Mothers Day

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1. Bathroom sniff test. Yes, I’m serious.Ever been blown over by that uniquely powerful smell?You know what I mean.  What’s the first room you clean in your own home whencompany is coming?I rest my case. Is your church bathroom up to “company standards?”Put some nice … [Read more...]