It was Easter Sunday.
We attended a traditional church in a mainline tradition.
It was the traditional service, one of 3 main services on a Sunday morning. Full robes were worn by the hand bell team and the full choir. The pastor wore a suit and tie. We sang the awesome hymns of Easter accompanied by the choir and full organ.
We were an invited guest.
[Read more…] about Confessions of a Church Shopper #7: An Easter 2015 Church Visit
We were prepared to be the first time church visitor in our new home town of Port St. Lucie Florida.
The church planting team we are a part of has taken a holiday break, so our family was free on a Sunday morning to be that first time visitor and experience once again the challenge of being a new mover Christian family looking for a church home.
It is another visit in our series on church shopping.
[Read more…] about Church Shopping Visit Number 6
Our family was the first time church visitor as a result of moving our home office to the state of Florida.
We visited a few churches around our new little area of Port St. Lucie.
Since we have no church going friends in this city, we are dependent upon advertisements and the internet to find a church.
We share some of first time visitor experiences here, here, here, here, and here. Due to my teaching schedule this fall, I have not made another first time visit.
I have written before about different ways to follow up on church visitors, but want to share with you some current life experiences of followup letters. [Read more…] about Send Your First Time Church Visitor a Followup Letter
In our family’s current journey of looking for a church, we empathize anew with Christian families that are new movers and have to find a new church on their own.
I am re-discovering is the value of small talk when engaging your first time visitor. (Read these 20 Crazy Church Greeter Comments).
Our church visit this past Sunday drew my attention to the value of small talk. [Read more…] about Useful Small Talk at the Church Welcome Center
We found our way to the church parking lot, in a round about way.
We drove past the one driveway and found the second driveway was roped off. We drove around the city block to once again approach the one and only OPEN driveway.
As our family makes a trek to the third church in our church shopping campaign, I’m beginning to empathize in a new way with new movers like ourselves searching for a church to become a part of.
Since we have no churched friends in our new town, no one will invite us to their church that they are proud of. [Read more…] about Oops! We used the wrong door – A church visit story
In the summer of 2014, our family moved to central Florida due to an expansion of our ministry’s vision and reach.
I wrote up our experience of the first church we visited. [Read more…] about What you can learn from our church shopping experience
