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Church Welcoming Training Course |
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Churches can be daunting places for newcomers to visit. The unfamiliar surroundings and the room full of strangers can lead to uncomfortable experiences. Regular church members often assume that someone else will look after the newcomer, allowing them to slip out the backdoor unnoticed and uncared for.
This resource is designed to help a church think through what it will mean to be a truly welcoming community. The DVD and manuals will help your church establish a welcoming ministry to transform your church culture and become a place where people will want to stay and ultimately learn about Jesus.
“We need this resource! Because Jesus welcomes sinners and draws them to Himself so we, also, should be genuinely and helpfully welcoming newcomers into our churches. When people visit our churches we want them to receive more than just a warm greeting and a kind gesture. We want to form continuing relationships with them. I pray that every church will employ some, if not all, of the counsel on offer in this resource.” – Peter (Sydney)
The Welcoming Course offers four sessions of material on multimedia DVDs. See below for a sample:
Special Features:
- Strategies for developing welcoming hearts
- Training for church members based on God's Word
- Practical tips before, during and after the Sunday meeting
- Checklist of to ensure your church is welcoming - inside & out
- Example materials - including Welcome cards and follow-up letters
 This resource is produced by Evangelism Ministries and written by Christians in the Media's Cath Semple and Liz McQueen, and Jim Ramsay.
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Liz McQueen
Liz spent 4 years working in ministry on university campuses and in church ministry with Christians in the Media, seeing people challenged by God’s word and welcomed into his family. She has studied at Moore theological College, and also has a degree in Media and Cultural studies. She is married to Nathan and is now a full time mum to Charlie. |
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Cath Semple
Cath oversees local evangelism, the welcoming and women’s ministry at Christians in the Media and Annandale Community Church, where she is an assistant minister. Cath’s life is about passionately proclaiming Jesus, and she has co-authored other training material and evangelistic courses that have inspired people around the world to know and love Jesus Christ. |
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Jim Ramsay
Following his training at Moore Theological College Jim spent 30 years leading churches in Sydney. He is passionate about people becoming Christians, doing church well and victorious Australian football teams. In 2005 he became director of Evangelism Ministries for the Anglican Diocese of Sydney and is committed to preaching Jesus, training Christians and resourcing gospel proclamation. He is married to Lesley, has four adult children and eight lively grandchildren. |
Bundled Resources
Welcoming Bundle
- Includes the Team Leader's Manual, DVD and 5x Team Member's Manuals.
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Items available individually:
Team Leader's Manual & DVD
- Essential information to define your welcoming ministry and train your welcoming team. Includes the training DVD showing what welcoming should and shouldn't look like in practice. The DVD segments will spark discussion relevant to each section in the Team Member's Manual.
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Team Member's Manual
- Required information for each person attending your welcoming team training. Includes sessions on: preparing to welcome, when a newcomer walks through the door, after the meeting and specific plans for your church. More info...
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