Radical Hospitality - Discussion Group - 2/6/11

First United Methodist Church, Brattleboro VT is currently undertaking the study of Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations (by UM Bishop Robert Schnase) with a sermon series and discussion group. This week the discussion group came up with the following shared values and ideas to pursue:

1. Praying for guidance.

2. Training greeters.

3. Establishing a leadership position for an evangelism coordinator. Jim Meachen volunteered.

4. Personal efforts to greet others: mingling; sit in different places during worship; invite newcomers to sit; showing newcomers around and introducing them; not conducting church business during fellowship hour.

5. Holding fun fellowship events like Chocolate Dessert Night and advertising those and regular events like the Exercise Group and Talented Hands more widely.

6. Refining use of brochures by placing them more widely and replenishing them periodically; looking into ways to make yellow page listing more accessible; collaborating with other churches to provide church index to local hotels; ensuring that Chamber of Commerce has current information; expanding website for new contacts and continue newspaper articles for long-time members.

You are welcome to join this conversation by adding your comments below. You are welcome to join us on Sundays at 10am and continuing after worship at the discussion group.