MAKE IT PERSONAL (How to Make New Church Members Feel More Welcome)

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A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO “LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THEYSELF” PRESENTS ITSELF EACH AND EVERY TIME A NEW MEMBER JOINS A CHURCH. TO GIVE SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL MUSCLES TO THIS COMMANDMENT TRY THE FOLLOWING.

ON THE SUNDAY MORNING NEW MEMBERS ARE TO JOIN HAVE THEIR PICTURES TAKEN AHEAD OF TIME AND PUBLISHED IN THE BULLETIN ALONG WITH INFORMATION AS TO WHERE THEY ARE FROM, THEIR HOBBIES, THE NAMES OF THEIR CHILDREN, ETC.

THIS ALLOWS THE CONGREGATION TO BE ABLE WHEN THEY GREET THEM AFTER CHURCH TO BE ABLE TO SAY, “I WAS RAISED NOT FIFTY MILES FROM WHERE YOU GREW UP…OR…I ALSO PLAY TENNIS, GOLF…OR…ETC.

IF YOU CAN’T OR DON’T WISH TO PRINT THE NEW MEMBERS PICTURES IN THE BULLETIN…AT THE VERY LEAST HAVE PROJECTED ON A COMPUTER SCREEN AT THE BACK OF THE CHURCH OR PREJECTED ON A LARGER SCREEN…OR HAVE COPIES READY EACH MEMBER AND OFFICER CAN HOLD IN HAND.

FOR YOUR OFFICERS ON THE SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE THE NEW MEMBERS JOIN DISCUSS WHAT EACH KNOWS ABOUT THESE NEW MEMBERS. THEN WHEN THEY ARE GREETING THE NEW MEMBERS THEY CAN BE CHURCH LEADERSHIP WITH A HEART…AND THAT IS ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD AND THE MEMBERS FEEL IT.

AND YOU AND THE OFFICERS NOW NOT JUST PRAY FOR THEM IN THAT SPECIAL MEETING BEFORE CHURCH BUT BE SPECIFIC IN YOUR PRAYERS.

THE SECRET TO LOVING IS SHOWING A NEW MEMBER YOU CARE ENOUGH TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THEM.

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