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- 1. 4 Reasons Your First-Time Guest Process Should Border on Boring
- Many times we assume that we simply have to deliver the sizzle and sparkle to our first-time guests. After all, if we don't knock their socks off with our golf shuttles and Disney-esque environments an ...
- Created on 03 March 2021
- 2. 6 Problems Small Groups Can Encounter
- ... ociable group member who is first responsible for greeting guests. 5. Not expecting guests. Assuming the intent of the group is to be outwardly focused (like most Sunday school groups and such), here ...
- Created on 13 May 2020
- 3. Rick Warren: 5 Reasons People Will Return to Your Church After Easter
- ... ards allow guests to respond to the message and include a place where they can give us their contact information. We use the information they provide to follow up about baptism, small groups, ministry op ...
- Created on 16 February 2020
- 4. This One Act of Pastoral Kindness May Bring Guests Back to Your Church ...
- We've all heard the old adage about the revolving church door. People come in and, before we know what happened, they leave, never to return. But what if this didn't have to be the case? How do we treat ...
- Created on 29 July 2019
- 5. 11 Simple Strategies to Help Guests Feel Welcome ...
- ... y know. They're friendly to people who look like them and act like them. And that doesn't guarantee they're friendly to guests. You must be intentional in your friendliness. You don't overcome unfriend ...
- Created on 04 October 2018
- 6. 9 Big Ways to Make the Most of a Guest Speaker
- ... ceded. That's why it went so well. Lesson: Cover everything in prayer. 7. Facilitate book sales for the guest speaker. Speakers worth their salt will have a book to sell. High-profile guests can expect $1, ...
- Created on 19 September 2018
- 7. Heed These 10 Guidelines for Paying, Hosting Guest Speakers, Musicians
- Money can be an awkward issue for churches and guest speakers. It's the issue both parties consider; but it's often the issue around which both parties tiptoe. It should not be that way. It's really a ...
- Created on 24 August 2018
- 8. Rick Warren: 7 Tips to Make Your Church More Guest-Friendly
- ... s are friendly to guests. All churches think they're friendly, but when you take a good look at them, you often discover they're friendly to people who have been attending for 15 years or more—not to new peo ...
- Created on 06 March 2018
- 9. Helpful Ideas for Using Twitter to Connect First-Time Guests With Your Church ...
- ... Most of the first-time guests who walk through your church doors come with a smartphone in their hand that has the Twitter app loaded on it. In recent years, Disney has started using Twitter to connect ...
- Created on 28 June 2017
- 10. 6 Ways to Welcome Guests and Leave a Positive Impression ...
- ... convinced there's an often overlooked factor in church growth: Growing churches are friendly to guests. All churches think they're friendly, but when you take a good look at them, you often discover the ...
- Created on 22 September 2016
- 11. 6 Reasons Why Your Church Members May Not Seem Friendly to Guests ...
- ... " With rare exceptions, it's just not true. We surveyed guests who visited the church and found a dramatically different perception. Their most common comment is: "The people at that church aren't very frien ...
- Created on 21 September 2016
- 12. 7 Ideas for Effective Church Guest Follow Up
- ... , but there's often no road map for the staff to follow. And if the staff doesn't have a road map, how can we expect guests to know what's next for them? So, here are seven ideas for you to use to cons ...
- Created on 21 July 2016
- 13. 3 Simple Questions to Help Mold Guests' Opinions of Your Church ...
- Your first-time guests often decide if they will return within the first 10 minutes. Some are more forgiving and will give you a second chance, but most won't. The unchurched look for reasons not to return ...
- Created on 17 May 2016
- 14. What Worked and What Didn't Work for Churches This Easter
- Leading up to Resurrection Sunday, we posted a few articles on how churches could use online tools to invite those in the community to celebrate with them for Easter. From Facebook ads and boosting posts, ...
- Created on 12 April 2016
- 15. 7 Personality Traits Guests Like in a Pastor ...
- Initially, when you ask church guests what they like about a pastor, they will respond with a comment about the pastor's preaching. But if you go just one more level in the conversation, these church guest ...
- Created on 11 April 2016
- 16. 4 Reasons You Need a Communications Plan for Your Church
- ... and guests? Do you have a plan for that? Here are four reasons you should have a communications plan in your church. 1. Everyone knows their role and responsibility. Unless one person is handling all of ...
- Created on 28 March 2016
- 17. What Has Happened to Genuine Relationships Within the Church?
- Dear church, leaders, churchgoers and ministers, I want to talk to all of you for a moment about church culture and the way the unchurched can view and navigate the world that is within. Before you start ...
- Created on 17 March 2016
- 18. 10 Comments From Happy Church Guests ...
- I recently looked at my file of church guest "exit interviews." These files originated when I did a lot of church consulting, but it also includes some recent consults. In essence, my team asked guest ...
- Created on 25 February 2016
- 19. 7 Church Signs That Give a Positive Impression
- ... e it would likely communicate. 1. Guest parking. We welcome guests at our church. We want to treat you like a guest in our home and demonstrate our hospitality. 2. Allergy alert. These are the snacks we ...
- Created on 05 February 2016
- 20. 7 Ways Not to Follow Up With Church Guests ...
- ... with guests in a positive and affirming manner. In this post, I share stories from church guests where the follow up was not received well. Here is what church guests told us were ways not to follow u ...
- Created on 01 February 2016
