Following are a couple of pointers when it comes to welcoming and dealing with visitors so that they can have thoroughly pleasant experience at church.
- Advertise in the newspaper
- Welcome in the car park
- Welcome those with kids, disabilities or aged
- Welcome at the door
- Create a welcoming environment
- Signage to show people where to go
- Before the service and in their seat
- Needs to happen within the first 2 minutes of a meeting
- Engaging with the MC- how we address them in the meeting
- Have a place for them to go like a visitors lounge
- Have a visible, accessible involvement desk
- Carefully consider what doors of entry you have into your church: web, sundays etc
- To follow up or not is a question you need to consider regarding visitors
- How we integrate visitors into church life needs to be considered from all the way from the car lot until they become leaders in the church