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Easter Church Visit 2015

Confessions of a Church Shopper #7: An Easter 2015 Church Visit

April 10, 2015 by EvangelismCoach

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 …

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First Time Church Visitor Story

Church Shopping Visit Number 6

December 29, 2014 by EvangelismCoach

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 …

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Your First Time Church Visitor Follow-up Letter

December 22, 2014 by EvangelismCoach

Send your church visitors follow-up letters to invite them to the next step in your church visitor assimilation process.

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Church Small Talk from Church Visit

Useful Small Talk at the Church Welcome Center

September 8, 2014 by EvangelismCoach

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 …

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Would a church visitor clearly know where your front door is?

Oops! We used the wrong door – A church visit story

August 25, 2014 by EvangelismCoach

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 …

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Church Shopper Confession

What you can learn from our church shopping experience

August 20, 2014 by EvangelismCoach

In the summer of 2014, our family moved to central Florida due to an expansion of our ministry’s vision and reach. We are new movers into the community. We have no friends yet. We are a blank slate looking for a church. We are the first time visitor. We are the church shopper. I wrote up …

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Church Hospitality Training Faults

Regular hospitality training would fix this awkward experience

July 16, 2014 by EvangelismCoach

Once again, my family got to be the first time church visitors this past weekend. We chose a church that had 3 Sunday services, and an approximate weekend attendance of 1500 people. They have much of the hospitality systems in place, but it may be time for a hospitality training refresher for their volunteers.

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Lessons for Hospitality Committees after visiting a local church

3 Lessons for Hospitality Committees from a church visit

June 10, 2013 by EvangelismCoach

My family and I attended a church service in a Christian faith tradition completely different than what we are used to.
We learned 3 important lessons for hospitality committees at churches.

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Church Visit Case Study: A Christmas Eve Experience

December 25, 2012 by EvangelismCoach

In 2012, our family was once again out of town for Christmas, visiting family. For the last 5 years, we have not had a Christmas Eve service in our own church, but near where my parents reside. We’ve had a few rough first time Christmas Eve church visits, but this year was different. Through a …

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Two Awkward Church Visitor Moments

November 28, 2012 by EvangelismCoach

In the summer of 2012, I played the mystery visitor at the request of the pastor of a church not to far from where we were living.  I stepped into two awkward moments. He gave me liberty to pick any Sunday I chose. Furthermore, I was not to let anyone know of my visit ahead …

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What is the next step?

September 30, 2012 by EvangelismCoach

Our family has experienced a temporary life transition that had us move to another state in the US for a period of four months, away from our church, away from our social networks, and away from our friends. Four months not enough time to visit many churches to look for a church home. to build …

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I was the first time visitor at a church that really blundered their Christmas Eve Outreach

Christmas Eve Church Hospitality Failure: A True Story

December 28, 2010 by EvangelismCoach

Your Christmas Eve church hospitality can make a big difference in a visitor’s decision to come back. Your Christmas Eve Outreach is a wonderful opportunity to invite first time church visitors! Your members can invite their friends as well as strangers they meet out in public. Visitors come through your doors. Some will be out of …

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Example of a Good Welcome to a Church Visitor

March 26, 2010 by EvangelismCoach

I visited a church that I hadn’t been to in a while. It was packed full of people, many of whom I had never seen before during prior visits. To many people that morning, I was a first time church visitor. When the service was over, I was speaking to a church member, whom I …

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Growing the small church

Only Two Things Grow a Church

December 16, 2009 by EvangelismCoach

I’ve taken up a pattern of walking most mornings to help clear my head  and gather my thoughts  during this season of the year. I’ve subscribed to the podcast from Church Talk Radio, and most segments are about 45 minutes to one hour. I’ve got it on my MP3 Player and while walking, I consume …

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Church Visit Hispanic Church

A Wonderful First Time Church Visitor Experience

July 29, 2008 by EvangelismCoach

Our family visited another church for the first time. We showed up unannounced and uninvited. We had seen the sign on the street announcing service times and chose to attend. The experience was very different than the first time visitor story we shared in a prior posting. A Cross Cultural Church Visitor Experience This church …

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Right Hospitality but a Welcome Fail

July 21, 2008 by EvangelismCoach

This weekend, our family attended a church down the street. This church had all the right church hospitality techniques: Welcome Table Designated Visitor Parking Church Greeters Ushers Manicured building and grounds Adequate signage Free gifts of appreciation for church visitors. A partially functioning website that had the service times on the homepage. But they failed …

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Church Announcements

2 Tips to Make Visitor Friendly Church Announcements

May 9, 2008 by EvangelismCoach

Many churches still use a bulletin or program to share the news of community life. Do you proofread your announcements? Is the font easy to read? Does the bulletin appear professional (not a 7th generation photocopy)? Are contact names and phone numbers included? If not, what central point can a person go to to get …

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1st Presbyterian Branson Mo

How First Presbyterian Branson Welcomes a Church Visitor

October 31, 2007 by EvangelismCoach

Imagine a church meet and greet where it’s a game: Who’s come the furthest to get here? First Presbyterian Church in Branson MO greeted their church visitors this way when I was there on a visit in 2007. Because its a tourist town, they have plenty of visitors to church who come for the one …

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When the shorts and skirts were too short

June 12, 2007 by EvangelismCoach

Most churches have an unofficial dress code that visitors do not know. When a visitor appears to break the dress code, how does your church react? Does your reaction help the church’s mission of evangelism, or does it create an environment that is hostile to evangelism? The ‘secret’ dress code One of our first time …

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Excluding Church Visitors

2 Ways to Reject Church Visitors

June 11, 2007 by EvangelismCoach

The art of welcoming the first time guests who visit your church is to practice the art of church hospitality. Church Hospitality is not evangelism as we define and use evangelism here. Rather, church hospitality helps to shape the environment for hearing the joyful sharing of the good news of the sovereign love of God. …

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Say Hello to your Church Visitors

No one said Hello

June 3, 2007 by EvangelismCoach

Over dinner this weekend, I heard this story first hand. I had only been a Christian for six months. Six years ago, we moved from Texas to Richmond and began to look for a Spanish language church. I didn’t find any for a few weeks, so my wife and I decided to attend an English …

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