If you had a $2500 budget to spend on improving your church for a better welcome, where would you spend it?This could be a great discussion starter for your hospitality committee to help reveal some dreams and vision development. Use it as a brainstormer an capture the ideas. If you had $2500 to spend, what would you do with it to improve … [Read more...]
Here is a common email I receive (composed from various ones): I'm having a hard time finding volunteers who believe in the ministry of hospitality. They think everyone should be doing this automatically.Our church doesn't have enough people who are interested in being greeters. We can't get any volunteers. .We've not ever organized our … [Read more...]
What do you want your church visitors to think when they experience your church?You're crazy. God is in your midst.Last night, I taught in a church that is planting two more churches here in 2013.This is a young congregation, under 4 years old, already raising money and training leaders for future church plants.I asked them the … [Read more...]
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...]
So you want to be a church greeter, but too embarrassed to say you are not sure what you are doing?Don't want to say something that would put you on this list of crazy things church greeters say?If you are a first time church greeter, here are ten things you need to know. 1. Honor your members and guests. Each church member and guest … [Read more...]
Recently, a reader submitted a question via Ask Evangelismcoach. What are some ideas for identifying visitors?We are a 2500 member church and many of us don't know the difference between a visitor and someone who is a member who we just have never met?I have heard of using name tags, colored coffee cups(ugh!), asking visitors to stand … [Read more...]
A common question I've begun to receive is What are some duties of the church hospitality team or committee? I've put together a list of potential hospitality duties or areas of focus that your team might want to consider.Your team members are the face of the Body of Christ to those God sends your way.Your task is to help your guests feel … [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...]
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