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DVD or Download Church Greeter TrainingAre you involved in training church greeters?

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Then this collection of articles will help you with church greeter training.

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10 Things Every First Time Church Greeter Should Know

August 6, 2020 by EvangelismCoach

If you are a new church greeter, check out these ten quick tips to help you serve well that first day.

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How to Give Constructive Feedback to Your Church Greeters

March 14, 2018 by EvangelismCoach

One of the hard roles of a church hospitality ministry leader is to correct behavior that can have long reaching negative consequences.

Let me give you a few tips I've used to provide feedback to church greeters and correction to careless mistakes by hospitality ministry volunteers.

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6 Goals of a Church Greeter

March 6, 2018 by EvangelismCoach

Every Sunday, I see commentary on Twitter about the joys at serving as a church greeter, complaints about experiences with rude church greeters, sarcasm aimed at unprepared greeters at church, and nervous greeters announcing how nervous they are. But if you can help your new church greeters know what to aim for, it might help them to rise to the occasion.

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Things to say to church visitors

Different Greetings to Welcome Church Visitors

January 9, 2018 by EvangelismCoach

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?

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Video Discussion Starter for Church Greeters

October 15, 2017 by EvangelismCoach

Videos can make for great discussion starters at your gatherings for hospitality workers or church greeters. Use as a discussion starter for your next church greeter training or hospitality training meeting. I enjoyed the humor and the painfully true characterizations.

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Memo to Church Greeter: Don’t hug a guest!

July 2, 2016 by EvangelismCoach

How a church greeter left a wrong first impression on our family as we visited a local church for the second and third time. I felt myself making a mental note to not use that entry door. Yet, we continue to push through this and explore if this is a church we are called to serve in this stage of life.

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Church Greeters could use this tip as soon as this Sunday at church. Read on and share

Church Greeter Tips: Show Respect for your Guests

March 31, 2015 by EvangelismCoach

Several months ago, a church greeter kissed my wife. Other church greeters failed to make eye contact. We startled a church greeter by asking her a simple question “Where is the middle school Sunday school class meeting?” She didn’t know the answer and we created an awkward moment.

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We will not forget THAT church greeter

March 5, 2014 by EvangelismCoach

It was our third visit to a local church in the last 102 weeks. We love visiting that church when we are in that city.  In fact, whenever we go, we try to invite a friend to that church. Even through we have not ever experienced followup from filling out their visitor contact card, we …

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10 Free Church Greeter Training Videos

10 Free Church Greeter Training Videos

February 10, 2014 by EvangelismCoach

I’ve updated the free church greeter training videos for 2014. Some of the videos I first recorded in 2009 now look awful by today’s standards.

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Top 21 Posts on Church Greeter Ministry

February 4, 2014 by EvangelismCoach

Here are some of the top articles on church greeters and church greeter training. Some of these articles poke fun at the silly things greeters say and do. Others provide training tips, church greeting tips and more. Dig around and learn.

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Church Greeter Case Study: An Unexpected Visitor

January 31, 2014 by EvangelismCoach

How can you prepare your church greeters for an unexpected visitor with a therapeautic dog? Rev. Susan and I talk about an experience of the unexpected that occurred during a church visit. She took a therapeutic dog to church and experienced different kinds of reactions to the presence of a dog. From the pastor From …

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Church Greeter Prayer for Positive Attitude

October 4, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

Some days, your church greeter volunteer will wake up in the morning with a not so helpful attitude. Check out these tweets:

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Smelly Church Greeters

Your Turn: So Your Church Greeter Stinks!

September 4, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

I received a good question via email the other day.  (Ask your question here).  If you have a suggestion to help our reader, please add it to the comments below. How do I approach an usher who smokes and it smells on her? I am not the President of the usher board but would like …

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Signs of a Church Visitor

When Church Greeters Object: I don’t know who the visitors are

August 26, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

If you are involved in recruiting and training of church greeters, you will likely run into a church greeter who says But I don’t know who the first time visitors are!!!! They may use that to avoid answering your call to recruit them for a given Sunday or for a given rotation on your schedule. …

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Without holiness no one sees the Lord

A Church Greeter Prayer for Holiness

August 19, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

A holy life will make the deepest impression. Lighthouses blow no horns, they just shine. “It is a great deal better to live a holy life than to talk about it. We are told to let our light shine, and if it does we won’t need to tell anybody it does. The light will be …

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Prayer for Church Greeters – Kindness

August 12, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

A Scripture filled prayer for church greeters as part of their preparation for ministry at church

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Resouce List for Church Greeters

Church Greeter Resources

August 5, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

Over 6 years of teaching on church greeters, I’ve assembled many church greeter resources of my own. Here is a quick list of how to get it all and where to find it.

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DVD or Download Church Greeter Training

2 Church Greeter Training Videos Now for Download

July 18, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

You know that church greeters can be a great asset to your hospitality ministry. But one thing I encounter frequently from my readers is: Is there a Greeter Training that I can purchase? They are now available in a single boxed set here (USA Only). Or available for digital download (world wide).

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Chris Walker's Church Greeters 101 now available in print

What is inside Church Greeters 101?

July 4, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

Church greeter ministry is a vital part of welcoming visitors to your church. Sadly, this aspecct of welcome ministry gets neglected, overlooked, or relegated to auto-pilot, ending up with church leaders begging for unmotivated volunteers who fill a space. Introducing Chuch Greeters 101 Church Greeters 101 leads you forward in starting or relaunching the greeter …

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Your Turn: Help a Shy Church Greeter

July 2, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

You have a shy person who has volunteered to be a church greeter. . . what are some ways to help this person give the best welcome to your church visitors? Shy people can be introverts, or extroverts in a new situation where they simply hang back to watch and wait. Some have a surge …

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If you struggle in recruiting church greeters, you might face these barriers

3 Barriers to Recruiting Church Greeters

June 20, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

I would love for you to have success in church greeter recruiting and for you to have more volunteers for church greeters ministry than spaces you could fill. However, I’m not sure there are churches where people fight to be volunteer church greeters. If you find yourself struggling to recruit volunteers for your greeting ministry, …

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Chris Walker's Church Greeters 101 now available in print

Church Greeters 101 Available Now in Kindle and Paperback

June 8, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

EvangelismCoach.org announces the release of Church Greeters 101 in both paperback and kindle formats. Author Chris Walker has wanted to help churches: improve their hospitality ministries improve their welcome of guests and members make sure their hospitality ministry is NOT the reason visitors come back see growth because their awesome welcome ministries help visitors decide …

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Church Greeters 101 Book Available for Kindle

June 3, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

Beginning June 3, 2013, Church Greeters 101 is available exclusively for the Kindle Format via Amazon. [update June 7, 2013: Also now available in paperback, see links below.] The church greeter ministry is a vital part of welcoming visitors to your church. Sadly, this ministry gets neglected, overlooked, or relegated to auto-pilot, ending up with …

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A Church Greeter Recruiting Conversation

May 24, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

One task of any church greeter organizer is to recruit new greeters. I found the following fictional conversation: Church Greeters… Pastor: “Hey, we need someone for the ‘front lines’ of Sunday church services. Would you be willing to greet people at the door?” You: “Umm. Sure! I like people and I’m willing to stand there and say …

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