Looking for Bible verses on welcoming the stranger? These 14 Scriptures remind us that hospitality is part of our faith. Use them in your greeter ministry devotionals or hospitality team meetings to encourage a Christ-centered welcome for guests and members alike. Includes a free downloadable list for easy reference and sharing.
Every Sunday, I see commentary on Twitter about the joys at serving as a church greeter, complaints about experiences with rude church greeters, sarcasm aimed at unprepared greeters at church, and nervous greeters announcing how nervous they are. But if you can help your new church greeters know what to aim for, it might help them to rise to the occasion.
Churches of all size know the importance of your greeter volunteers. This might include the ushers, parking hosts, and connection center teams.
If you are a new church greeter, check out these ten quick tips to help you serve well your first day.
On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being “This needs definite work”… 5 being “We rock at this”) rate your church's greeting and guest services practices:
Five body language observations that can help your church greeters detect first-time church visitors
Many church members, pastors and greeters have forgotten what it is like to be a church visitor. Here is a quick list of 6 hints to improve your welcome
Churches that don't have a clear, simple and logical path for visitors to follow send out some conflicting messages! Members think they're a welcoming church, but the church guests experience something different.
The loving bonds of friendship that tie the church members together end up becoming barriers to those who'd like to elbow their way into the congregation! Read more. . . .
Make it easy for them, pastor.
How can the extra-small church give a good welcome?
It can be done. We were welcomed into a small church of under 40 people and stayed in spite of their obvious shortcomings - why?
The Bible has a lot to say about Christian Hospitality in general. Two of the most popular posts on Evangelismcoach.org are lists of Biblical references to hospitality and welcome. I’ve updated these lists to include Scripture Verses and a print feature for you to print out what might the Bible say about Hospitality Ministry. If …
If you had a $2500 budget to spend on improving your church for a better welcome, where would you spend it? This could be a great discussion starter for your hospitality committee to help reveal some dreams and vision development. Use it as a brainstormer an capture the ideas. If you had $2500 to spend, …
Here is a common email I receive (composed from various ones): I’m having a hard time finding volunteers who believe in the ministry of hospitality. They think everyone should be doing this automatically. Our church doesn’t have enough people who are interested in being greeters. We can’t get any volunteers. . We’ve not ever organized our …
What do you want your church visitors to think when they experience your church? You’re crazy. God is in your midst. Last night, I taught in a church that is planting two more churches here in 2013. This is a young congregation, under 4 years old, already raising money and training leaders for future church …
Recently, I was asked the following question via Ask The EvangelismCoach. I’ve posted this to the community Facebook Page, but wanted to give you all a chance to help pitch in. I hope to do this on a more regular basis. Ask EvangelismCoach Question from Ed: “How do we greet late comers? Do we need …
Sometimes, we simply grow blind to the obvious. Junk gathers in rooms. Church Bulletins from prior weeks are left laying around. Lost and found items keep gathering in a corner. Bulletin boards get out of date. Toilet handles need jiggling. Window sills accumulate dust. In churches, we simply get used to the way things are. …
Top 10 Church Greeter Guidelines plus a link to greeter training DVD Material. To pull off an effective welcome consistently, use church greeter guidelines that you can communicate quickly with your team. Here are 10 quick tips, followed by 10 more in video.
You’ve worked so hard to attract church visitors. . . . . You passionately desire to reach these newcomers for Christ. You know that Jesus can make a difference in their life. Perhaps you’ve spent money on advertising like a direct mail campaign or business cards members give away. You’ve designed sermon series to hopefully …
Today’s Guest Article is from Steve Fogg: Clear and Simple. He is a blogger from Australia, focused on communications and PR for churches. I first found Steve through a Blog Carnival on OurChurch.com While I’m away on vacation, there will be a few guests posts this week. This list is an awesome compilation of factors …
Today’s guest article about being a church visitor comes from Fran, who is currently visiting churches after many years with one church of one brand. Here are her observations after visiting. Reposted with permission.
Many wise leaders of church hospitality teams know that a regular review of your systems is a good way to make sure things flow smoothly.
Inertia and inefficiency always creep in, and churches are no different.
In the registration form on a recent webinar on Improving your Church Hospitality, people were asked “What is your biggest challenge in your church hospitality ministry?” Most respondents were people leading or serving in Hospitality ministries, pastors and officers in church leadership, plus a few church planters and church consultants. The answers fell into 5 …
Tonight I was asked by a guy in our church to be a “Greeter” which means I’d shake people’s hands as they come in. (Twitter user) Being a greeter is much more than shaking hands as people walk in the door of your church during worship services. So many churches simply recruit warm bodies to …
Today, I’m participating in a blog book tour for The Rabbit and the Elephant: Why Small Is the New Big for Today’s Church Tony and Felicity Dale. Others have published their entry ahead of me (see below), and a few others will follow behind. The Rabbit and the Elephant A movement of house churches is …
As the author, I get to hear various reasons why people buy my book on church hospitality, How to Welcome Church Visitors. Why are church hospitality committees (Read: What do Church Hospitality Committees do?) looking to improve their hospitality ministry in their church by buying my book? Fear that a visitor to their church will come …
Mother’s Day 2009 may be a time to conduct special weekend event outreaches. I know several pastors that will give a sermon related to motherhood. But it’s also an opportunity for churches to engage their neighborhood. Some links have since broken.
