Right there past the greeters?
Big table, red tablecloth, gift bags – did you see it?
That is our new Visitor’s Center, friends. It is first roll out from our Church Growth Team (thank you, Shirley, Nancy, and Bob H.) in helping us move toward one of our stated goals for this year – Being better at welcoming visitors.
If you didn’t stop by the Visitor’s Center last Sunday, here is what we have there: The smiling face(s) of our volunteer (s) ready to specifically welcome our visitors, a great big sign announcing that this is the Visitor Center, a gift bag filled with information about our church and opportunities for folks to plug in, a stack of brand new pamphlets that tell the FCC Scottsdale Story, a sign-up sheet so that new visitors can get follow-up information from us in the church office, and a stack of blue nametags so that our volunteers can hand-make a nametag for our visitors.
It is a pretty slick operation, and I’m extremely proud of the hard work our Church Growth Team has put in behind the scenes getting everything together! And now, we need your help.
You see, the most important part about the Visitor’s Center isn’t the gift bags or the pamphlets or the sing-in sheets. Those are lovely pieces of material that do a nice job introducing our church to folks who might not know much about us, but they aren’t what will help folks feel connected.
The most important part of the Visitor’s Center is…(drumroll please)…the volunteers who help staff it! That’s you, friends. That is you!
In the coming weeks you’ll be hearing about a Training Event for volunteers to staff the Visitor’s Center. It is really easy, really fun, and a great way help the congregation grow.
More details to follow, but please prayerfully consider being a part of this growing ministry at FCC Scottsdale! In the meantime, stop by the Visitor’s Center, check out the materials, and give a heartfelt welcome to anybody you see wearing a blue handmade nametag!
Yours in the journey, Rev. Brian
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