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Are You A Welcoming Church?
DOE Edmonton 2011
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EVERYTHING YOU DO SAYS
SOMETHING
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Everything You Do Says Something
• If everything you do communicates something why not be intentional about it?
• An un-kept building says just as much as a slick brochure
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Everything You Do Says Something
• If everything you do communicates something why not be intentional about it?
• An un-kept building says just as much as a slick brochure
• This is your brand• Someone's impressions or feelings
based on their interaction with you
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Everything You Do Says Something
• If everything you do communicates something why not be intentional about it?
• An un-kept building says just as much as a slick brochure
• This is your brand• Someone's impressions or feelings
based on their interaction with you• Anyone can be your brand at the
moment
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IT ALL STARTS WITH VISION
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It All Starts With Vision
• Cast it early and communicate it often• This starts with church leadership
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It All Starts With Vision
• Cast it early and communicate it often• This starts with church leadership• It helps you make better decisions
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It All Starts With Vision
• Cast it early and communicate it often• This starts with church leadership• It helps you make better decisions• It can spark member buy-in
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It All Starts With Vision
• Cast it early and communicate it often• This starts with church leadership• It helps you make better decisions• It can spark member buy-in• It makes it easier to talk about who you
are
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It All Starts With Vision
• Cast it early and communicate it often• This starts with church leadership• It helps you make better decisions• It can spark member buy-in• It makes it easier to talk about who you
are• Is any part of your vision welcoming?
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It All Starts With Vision
• Clearly share the vision with staff/key volunteers
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It All Starts With Vision
• Clearly share the vision with staff/key volunteers• It should guide every ministry in the
church
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It All Starts With Vision
• Clearly share the vision with staff/key volunteers• It should guide every ministry in the
church• Ministry programs can’t go rogue
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It All Starts With Vision
• Clearly share the vision with staff/key volunteers• It should guide every ministry in the
church• Ministry programs can’t go rogue• If a ministry isn’t welcoming should it
exist or be promoted?
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THE WEB IS YOUR CHURCH’S NEW FRONT DOOR
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Your Church’s New Front Door
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Your Church’s New Front Door
• 27% currently in a church less than a year found it online.
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Your Church’s New Front Door
• Help visitors know you by giving them a feel for who you are
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Your Church’s New Front Door
• Help visitors know you by giving them a feel for who you are
• Make the information easy to find (and it all doesn't have to be on your homepage)
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Your Church’s New Front Door
• Help visitors know you by giving them a feel for who you are
• Make the information easy to find (and it all doesn't have to be on your homepage)
• Answer the questions they might have
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• www.mission68.org
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FRIENDLYHELPFUL
VOLUNTEERS
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Friendly Helpful Volunteers
• Equip greeters with what they need• What’s going on this weekend
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Friendly Helpful Volunteers
• Equip greeters with what they need• What’s going on this weekend• Can they leave their post to help
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Friendly Helpful Volunteers
• Equip greeters with what they need• What’s going on this weekend• Can they leave their post to help
• Explain why their role is important
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Friendly Helpful Volunteers
• Equip greeters with what they need• What’s going on this weekend• Can they leave their post to help
• Explain why their role is important• Share your communication strategy
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Friendly Helpful Volunteers
• Equip greeters with what they need• What’s going on this weekend• Can they leave their post to help
• Explain why their role is important• Share your communication strategy• Make sure they understand the church’s
vision
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Friendly Helpful Volunteers
• Equip greeters with what they need• What’s going on this weekend• Can they leave their post to help
• Explain why their role is important• Share your communication strategy• Make sure they understand the church’s
vision• Keep them on task
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Friendly Helpful Volunteers
• Equip greeters with what they need• What’s going on this weekend• Can they leave their post to help
• Explain why their role is important• Share your communication strategy• Make sure they understand the church’s
vision• Keep them on task• Ask them how you can help
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FOLLOW YOUR OWN SIGNAGE
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Follow Your Own Signage
• Starting from the outside, follow your signs to see if you can get where you want to go
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Follow Your Own Signage
• Starting from the outside, follow your signs to see if you can get where you want to go• Go through a side door
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Follow Your Own Signage
• Starting from the outside, follow your signs to see if you can get where you want to go• Go through a side door• Have a friend who doesn’t go to your
church try it
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Follow Your Own Signage
• Starting from the outside, follow your signs to see if you can get where you want to go• Go through a side door• Have a friend who doesn’t go to your
church try it• Do they fit it with your church’s look and
feel
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Follow Your Own Signage
• Starting from the outside, follow your signs to see if you can get where you want to go• Go through a side door• Have a friend who doesn’t go to your
church try it• Do they fit it with your church’s look and
feel• Use clear language (Children’s vs The Loft)
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WELCOMING VISITORS IN
SERVICE
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Welcoming Visitors In Service
• Keep it simple and friendly
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Welcoming Visitors In Service
• Keep it simple and friendly• Let visitors know where they can connect
for more information
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Welcoming Visitors In Service
• Keep it simple and friendly• Let visitors know where they can connect
for more information• Don’t make them stand-up or do anything
uncomfortable
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Welcoming Visitors In Service
• Keep it simple and friendly• Let them know where they can connect for
more information• Don’t make them stand-up or do anything
uncomfortable• Explain when your church is doing
something out of the norm, a sensitive topic or a special event
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VISITOR FOLLOW UP
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Visitor Follow Up
• Do you have a welcome center? What are you giving people?
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Visitor Follow Up
• Do you have a welcome center? What are you giving people?
• Are you providing people with next steps?• Follow up letter/email/visit• Next steps class
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Visitor Follow Up
• Do you have a welcome center? What are you giving people?
• Are you providing people with next steps?• Follow up letter/email/visit• Next steps class• Frequency
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Visitor Follow Up
• Do you have a welcome center? What are you giving people?
• Are you providing people with next steps?• Follow up letter/email/visit• Next steps class• Frequency• Are you making pushes for this at certain
times in the ministry year• Are you making special plans for
holidays, etc.
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Visitor Follow Up
1st visit
Next Steps Class
Membership
Volunteer
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Visitor Follow Up
• Do follow through• Don’t pester people
1st visit
Next Steps Class
Membership
Volunteer
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Visitor Follow Up
• Do follow through• Don’t pester people• It’s okay if you don’t get their information on
a first visit
1st visit
Next Steps Class
Membership
Volunteer
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Visitor Follow Up
• How are you going to measure if what you’re doing is successful?
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Visitor Follow Up
• How are you going to measure if what you’re doing is successful?• Specific goals
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Visitor Follow Up
• How are you going to measure if what you’re doing is successful?• Specific goals• Opinion cards• Surveys
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Visitor Follow Up
• How are you going to measure if what you’re doing is successful?• Specific goals• Opinion cards• Surveys• Secret shopper
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COMMUNICATEWITH YOUR MEMBERS
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Communicate With Your Members
• Your members need to feel at home, too
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Communicate With Your Members
• Your members need to feel at home, too• Having clear, consistent communication
helps them know their church in functioning well
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Communicate With Your Members
• Your members need to feel at home, too• Having clear, consistent communication
helps them know their church in functioning well
• It helps give them buy-in to what your doing
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Communicate With Your Members
• Your members need to feel at home, too• Having clear, consistent communication
helps them know their church in functioning well
• It helps give them buy-in to what your doing• Set the tone with how you present events,
vision, goals, new projects, etc.
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REAL LIFE EXAMPLES OF WHAT NOT TO
DO
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Real Examples
• “Excuse me, I think you’re in my seat.”
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Real Examples
• “Excuse me, I think you’re in my seat.”• “You’re not from around here are you?”
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Real Examples
• “Excuse me, I think you’re in my seat.”• “You’re not from around here are you?”• “Follow the blue line. It’s kind of
complicated. Good luck.”
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Real Examples
• “Excuse me, I think you’re in my seat.”• “You’re not from around here are you?”• “Follow the blue line. It’s kind of
complicated. Good luck.”• “I don’t know anything. I can’t really help
you. This is my first day and no one trained me.”
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Real Examples
• “Excuse me, I think you’re in my seat.”• “You’re not from around here are you?”• “Follow the blue line. It’s kind of
complicated. Good luck.”• “I don’t know anything. I can’t really help
you. This is my first day and no one trained me.”
• “It must be a special day. I see a lot of strangers here.”
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HELP MEMBERS SHARE YOUR
CHURCH
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Members Share Your Church
• Equip members to share your church• Invite tools
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Members Share Your Church
• Equip members to share your church• Invite tools• Cast your church’s vision• Teach them how to talk about it
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Members Share Your Church
• Equip members to share your church• Invite tools• Cast your church’s vision• Teach them how to talk about it
• Ease them into serving
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BEING IN YOUR COMMUNITY
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Being In Your Community
• Find a need and fill it• Be a community hub
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Being In Your Community
• Find a need and fill it• Be a community hub• Match the community calendar