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Posts Tagged ‘visitors’
Welcoming Children to Church: Free Kids Pew Card
For churches that welcome kids to the worship service, we have a handy, ready-to-print pew card that can help put parents at ease.
The Pull of a Great Guest Brochure
Instead of pushing opportunities onto first-time guests, a good guest brochure will offer select opportunities and pull them into participating.
Here’s What’s Missing From Your Church’s Communications
How do people feel when they come to your church? You should be working to identify negative emotions your audience will be feeling and replace them with positive emotions.
6 Ways Churches Can Do Better at Welcoming the Stranger
We talked with a church outsider—who still loves the church—about how churches can do better at welcoming guests (especially reluctant guests).
Free Christmas Welcome Kit
Your church is likely to see more first-time guests at Christmas. We've got a free welcome kit to help you analyze how you're doing and make improvements.
Visiting a Church Is Scary: Resources to Welcome Guests
With the ghouls, zombies, and sugar of Halloween coming, consider the scariest thing in the church world: Visiting a church for the first time.
Be Our Guest
It's always important to welcome guests, so we've got a pile of guest resources—and Christmas bonuses—for Courageous Storytellers members.
Church Shopping: How Can We Better Welcome Guests?
Secret shoppers visit stores to offer an unbiased critique of the customer experience. Churches need the same insight and Greg Atkinson offers just that.
Secrets of a Secret Shopper: Reaching and Keeping Church Guests
Greg Atkinson, a secret shopper for churches, helps church communicators understand how the welcome experience attracts or repels guests in his book Secrets of a Secret Shopper.
9 Things to Include in Your Church Visitor Welcome Packet
A welcome packet can be a helpful way to connect new visitors with your church, answer questions, and introduce them to who you are as a community.
Church Communication Blind Spots
When we get stuck in our heads, we develop blind spots about welcoming church members and guests. I learned this lesson when thinking about our church's proximity to public transit.
Welcoming Children to Church
Not every church has the budget for a massive children's ministry, so how do we avoid banishing them and instead welcome children into our worship services?
#5: Quit Saying You Welcome Everyone When You Don’t
In too many of our churches, we’re fooling ourselves into thinking we are welcoming when we really aren’t. It's time to quit.
Church Bulletin Do’s and Don’ts: A Visitor’s Perspective
A church bulletin user offers bulletin tips from a user's perspective. What should be on the cover? How much info inside? Should you use pictures?
Church Bulletin: Don’t Kill It, Make It Better
While digital communication is a must for churches, eliminating bulletins doesn’t solve the challenge of communicating in the 21st Century.
