Survey says
If I were a church visitor, I’d like church members to (534 votes):
• Smile. Talk to me. Get to know me (43 percent).
• Accept me and show me Jesus’ love (13 percent).
• Welcome me but don’t make me stand and introduce myself (35 percent).
• Leave me alone — let me be anonymous (9 percent).
(Source: An unscientific poll taken at
www.thelutheran.org)
DAVID HARBAUGH
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A business concept worth borrowing
By Michael T. Weaver
Weaver, pastor of All Saints Lutheran Church, Worthington, Ohio, performs regularly with Easily Amused improv. He is the author of Your Life ... Improvised: 7 Improv Secrets to Help You Be Happy, Live Freely, and Connect with God and Others Naturally (Blurb Books, 2011).
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questions W
Sunday.
When a church has 100 or fewer at worship, everyone knows who the visi- tors are. For months we talked about being hospitable, warm and welcoming to
every church must ask
hen I was pastor of a small church in a rural vil- lage, we didn’t have too many visitors on Sundays. There were some family guests at baptisms and those who showed up for Christmas Eve and Easter wor- ship services. But by and large the number of guests wasn’t
enough to shake a stick at. Maybe that’s why we mobbed a young couple when they visited one spring
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