It was a beautiful Sunday morning. The sun was bright, not a cloud in the sky, and our family makes a Sunday visit to a local church for the second time.
But a church greeter changed my attitude with an attempt at friendliness that went wrong. [Read more…] about Memo to Church Greeter: Don’t hug a guest!
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. [Read more…] about Church Greeter Tips: Show Respect for your Guests
You know that churches make all sorts of hospitality mistakes. You’ve probably experienced a few church hospitality errors first hand.
Over the last few months, I’ve compiled this list of 20 complaints shared on Twitter.
Read them and cringe. [Read more…] about 20 Church Hospitality Goofs and How You Can Avoid Them
A Easter cartoon I shared on my Facebook Page and Pinterest has gone haywire. It’s not my cartoon, but it certainly generated likes, tweets, and repins and reshares. I laughed a little too hard when I saw this cartoon from Tim Davis (leadershipJournal.net/cartoons). If you like it, share it. [Read more…] about Friday Finds April 18 2014 Reading for Inspiration
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 haven’t let that stop us from visiting.
But this visit produced a moment of social awkwardness with an overly enthusiastic greeter. [Read more…] about We will not forget THAT church greeter
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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