Just wanted to share with my readers a great new blog. Being a part of the team at Heavenview UPC (a great Winston Salem Church!), I initiated an e-Evangelism effort for the pastoral staff. The hope is to begin to build a strong internet presence utilizing social media, blogging and our core website to be the dominate voice in the Winston Salem region for Biblical truth.
One of the first efforts was to ask our Senior Pastor, Harold Linder to lead us by starting a blog. The purpose of this blog would be to expand his ministry and spiritual voice outside the realm of the pulpit and into the e-Evangelism space. I am absolutely thrilled and inspired at the results! Pastor Harold Linder has embraced this effort with some of the best spiritual blogging I have seen to date!
Take a moment to visit HaroldLinder.com to see the rich, deep and powerful blogging from this anointed man of God! Be sure to subscribe to get automatic updates to keep you in tune with the message of hope for Winston Salem and the world!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Let's Connect
We see guests at each of our services at Heavenview.
We believe that our guests are gifts from God. They are people who obviously want something MORE in their lives, they have been given to us to care for and walk with on the journey of faith.
How many times have you tried to connect with someone, only to find out that you have NOTHING to write your number on? It's happened to me WAY TOO MANY TIMES. It's not fair to the guest to keep them waiting while you fumble through your purse or wallet finding a torn piece of old gum wrapper on which to write a number that is hardly legible.
That's not cool with the guest and I don't think it's cool with God either.
We should be as well prepared as possible when a guest comes. We should be able to connect with them in a meaningful way.
Here is what we have come up with:
This will be used in conjunction with our Guest Welcome packet.
When a guest enters Heavenview a member of our First Impressions Team meets them, shows them where the nursery is, where the restrooms are, gives them a welcome packet, and directs them to their seat.
Our Welcome Packet includes several pieces of written material about Heavenview. One of our pieces is called a WOW CARD. Our WOW CARD is a piece that allows our guests to write their contact information down so we can WOW them on two different occasions within a week of them visiting our church.
We attempt to receive their contact information, but it would be so good for the members of our church to be able to feel like they have their own personal business card when they feel like they would like to connect with a newcomer on their own time.
Our Connect Cards will be placed in the lobby for all of our regular attenders to use as they please.
We feel that this is a HUGE way to encourage EVERYONE to get involved in caring for our newcomers.
To learn more, email Dan or Christie.
We believe that our guests are gifts from God. They are people who obviously want something MORE in their lives, they have been given to us to care for and walk with on the journey of faith.
How many times have you tried to connect with someone, only to find out that you have NOTHING to write your number on? It's happened to me WAY TOO MANY TIMES. It's not fair to the guest to keep them waiting while you fumble through your purse or wallet finding a torn piece of old gum wrapper on which to write a number that is hardly legible.
That's not cool with the guest and I don't think it's cool with God either.
We should be as well prepared as possible when a guest comes. We should be able to connect with them in a meaningful way.
Here is what we have come up with:
This will be used in conjunction with our Guest Welcome packet.
When a guest enters Heavenview a member of our First Impressions Team meets them, shows them where the nursery is, where the restrooms are, gives them a welcome packet, and directs them to their seat.
Our Welcome Packet includes several pieces of written material about Heavenview. One of our pieces is called a WOW CARD. Our WOW CARD is a piece that allows our guests to write their contact information down so we can WOW them on two different occasions within a week of them visiting our church.
We attempt to receive their contact information, but it would be so good for the members of our church to be able to feel like they have their own personal business card when they feel like they would like to connect with a newcomer on their own time.
Our Connect Cards will be placed in the lobby for all of our regular attenders to use as they please.
We feel that this is a HUGE way to encourage EVERYONE to get involved in caring for our newcomers.
To learn more, email Dan or Christie.
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