ARTICLE Helping Guests Feel at Home 5 churches' bright ideas for a warmer welcome. James Appleby, Gene Appel, Merle Mees, Wayne Ogimachi, Jim Tomberlin
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6 Ounces of Security
We employ four strategies to make our church more welcoming.
Hospitality time. We have a 20-minute segment between our two services
when we provide coffee, juice, and donuts in our lobby. Greeters and hosts
mingle and welcome people with cup in hand (one greeter remarked, "It's amazing
how a six-ounce cup provides a sense of security for a 180-pound male").
Response cards. Our worship bulletins have perforated tear-offs that
members and guests are asked to fill out and place in the offering plate.
It has spaces for all kinds of quick interaction (such as "My decision today,"
"I'd like information," "Prayer need"), which we try to respond to quickly.
Don't apply the "cheap and easy" mentality of consumerism to relationships with God and each other.
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