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. [Read more…] about Video Discussion Starter for Church Greeters
Lee Strobel shares a quick video synopsis of the 6 styles of personal evangelism.
The material came from Becoming a Contagious Christian, Bill Hybels and Mark Mittleberg.
In the book, Becoming a Contagious Christian, Bill Hybels and Mark Mittelberg point out that there are a variety of different evangelism styles.
To this list, I would add “Chance Conversations,” based on Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
The greatest contribution this book makes is the recognition of various evangelism styles.
This list has become a fountainhead for a lot of other teaching.
For example, it is the foundation for Jeffrey Johnson’s work, “Got Style?”, which helps your church decide the best evangelism course based on it’s personality.
I have a DVD set (or digital download) that focuses on a conversational style evangelism that would be effective in:
Read more about the Effective Evangelism Conversations in the store
It will show you how to have good faith sharing conversations no matter what your style.
Ever since I first started giving away free church greeter training videos (get your 10 free videos here), people have been asking me for training for church ushers.
In fact, the pastor in the video reports that he had lots of people asking him about specific training for church ushers. [Read more…] about Got Church Ushers? Video on Useful Hand Signals
God looks at the inside not the outside. If you were to use this video as a conversation starter, what additional questions might you use?
Check out this video discussion starter and then I’ll share some possible ways to use this video:
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One of my favorite youth retreat times when I was in high school was a Saturday night conversation in the dark. We called it “Late Night Rap.”
The only light was fireplace or candles. The youth were allowed only at late night rap, or in their own bed. No wandering around.
The conversation had two rules:
We’d sit in the dark, laying on the floor, staring at the ceiling or gazing at the fire in the fireplace. The setting contributed to the sacredness of the moment.
We had deep discussions. Profound and life changing discussions. Sometimes the conversations never went deep, but other times, kids brought forth their pain and received comfort from their peers, and biblical advice from youth leaders and friends.
When I was a youth pastor, I carried forth this event during our retreats two times year. A video like this would make a great launching point for a very deep conversation among senior high teens.
As a leader, it’d be your job to keep the conversational boundaries and to bring biblical truth to light in the midst of the conversation. This video would set up that invitation.
If you were to use this video as a discussion starter, what additional questions might you use?
I invite you to add your question in the comments. Don’t be afraid to be first.
When you share your faith, there is no telling the long term effects. You will change a life, not only of your immediate friends, but the ripple affect will spread
Watch this video and see. [Read more…] about Video: Share your faith and Change a life
No church wants to give a bad experience to their first time visitor or returning guest.
When visitors have a bad experience with your church, often your error is something unintentional.
Church Greeters play an important role in your hospitality ministry, but some need some training.
In January 2013, I recorded a new online class for Greeter Training, now available for sale in the store.
Read below to get your copy of this Church Greeter Training DVD.
