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Do you care about visitors at church?
By John | November 14, 2008
Then watch this video
Did you identify with the visiting couple?
What was the creepiest part?
What exactly is the ‘coffee’ that the visiting couple is seeking?
Optional confession time: what does your church do that is like the ‘Starbucks’ in the video?
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November 17th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
I thought it was funny how the couple walked up to the outside doors and not only did the people who were holding the doors open go inside and ignore them, but the first doors they tried to open by themselves were locked!
Confession: Not on Sundays, but on every other day of the week you have to play ‘door roulette’ when you try to get into my church building.
The rules of ‘door roulette’ are simple. There are 4 doors for you to pull on, but only 1 is unlocked. Will you guess right the first time or will you feel stupid over and over again by tugging on locked doors?
Not so friendly, I suppose…
November 17th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Thankfully, I don’t think many churches make people raise their hands anymore if they’re new. I remember thinking how awkward that made me feel when we would visit a church. We’ve moved past that trend in greeting newcomers, but obviously we still do other things. What do our readers think makes people feel genuinely welcome and comfortable vs. making them feel awkward?
November 17th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
In general I’d say people feel welcome if people make eye contact, say hi, show an interest in them as a person, etc. There are going to be some people that don’t want to be noticed, at least not at first, but that’s not the majority.
As a congregation member I’ll admit that I am a bit embarrassed to go beyond saying hi. What if I welcome someone as if they’re a visitor and it turns out they’re members and been coming to church for years? How embarrassing.