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.
A resource compilation of 38 articles related to church hospitality, church greeters and welcome ministry.
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.
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 …
A Prayer for Church Greeters Jesus, You are the Good Shepherd. You are kind. You welcome those who seek you with a kindness and gentleness that wins souls. You welcomed conversation with the Samaritan woman. You welcomed the lame, the blind, the broken. You were a friend of sinners that the religious people rejected. You …
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, …
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 …
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 …
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2: The Impact of Church Greeters in my new book Church Greeters 101. Update, June 1013: Originally priced at $14.99 and only available for download at, www.ChurchGreeterTraining.com, this book is now available: Church Greeters 101 in Paperback Church Greeters 101 for Kindle ************************************* [begin excerpt] I received this email …
Note: What follows is a sample chapter from the book, “Church Greeters 101.” Here is what one reviewer has already said: I’ve been looking for a resource to help guide me as I work to rebuild our greeter ministry. Church Greeters 101 hits the spot! What I really found helpful was the practical action steps …
