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• A Church Greeter Recruiting Conversation
    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 […]
• Church Greeter Training Collection on DVD
    You know that church greeters can be a great asset to your hospitality ministry. But one thing I encounter frequently from my readers is: Is there a Greeter Training DVD I can show? At this moment, I have made two DVDs for greeter training. Greeter Training Webinar #1, Recorded in 2011 Greeter Training Webinar […]
• 3 Principles for Hospitality Ministry Leaders
    What makes for a great leader of a church hospitality team? Or, what makes a great leader of the church greeter team? From my readers, I regularly hear: How do I get greeters motivated? How do I get more volunteers to care about the vision? If you are a leader of church hospitality committee, […]
• Biblical Examples of Christian Hospitality
    Not too long ago, a major Christian conference came to our city. Guests were coming from all over the region to attend this multi-day event. Members of our church offered their homes to host out of town guests, as an act of Christian love, that of hospitality. Christian Hospitality is a larger topic than […]
• The Church Greeters were Sabotaged!
    I once visited my friend’s church in a Chicago suburb. They had all the right church hospitality systems: Professional greeters at the door, Friendly conversation. Staffed information table. These factors helped me feel warmly welcomed as a first time visitor. Sadly, that warm feeling didn’t last beyond the lobby. They were sabotaged! When I […]
• Take Your Church Up A Notch For Under $2,500!
    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 […]
• Is your hospitality ministry disorganized?
    Here is one of my favorite questions: Our hospitality ministry is SOOOOO lacking. What can we do to fix it? I love answering questions from readers like you, particularly in response to reading my “7 Secrets of Effective Hospitality” report that you get for subscribing to my newsletter (Why Subscribe?) Based on some descriptions […]
• Need More Hospitality Ministry Volunteers?
    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 […]
• Church Hospitality Ministry is not Evangelism!
    Does your church hospitality committee call itself something like: Evangelism Committee Evangelism and Outreach Committee Witness Committee? I’ve encountered several church committees with similar descriptions like this: (Evangelism) Ministry Team is responsible for greeting visitors to our church. Visitors  receive a visit from a member of our congregatio […]