What does hospitality look like for us at TenAM?What will hospitality look like for us at Rosalie ? In our church family, hospitality is part of our pastoral care of each other. Formally, with our welcoming team. Formally through morning teas and hospitality lunches. Formally with our network of small groups and through church events. Formally through playgroup, ESL, CRE etc.. Informally we show hospitality all over the place.
Hospitality is also an instrument of outreach. Hospitality is not about the food. Hospitality is about the relationships. I want to encourage you to get together with a couple of other TenAM people or families and host a breakfast, or host a brunch, or a BBQ, or an afternoon tea, or a meal, or a lunch, or a picnic. Bring your church family together with people in your network of relationships. We are calling people to be deliberate with their hospitality next year. Being deliberate with your invites and deliberate with your conversations. Imagine if we all did it once a term how many people we could bring into the orbit of our God and his church family.
Be deliberate about your diary
Be deliberate about your invitations
Be deliberate about your prayer
Be deliberate about your conversations
Be deliberate about your teamwork
Hospitality is also an instrument of outreach. Hospitality is not about the food. Hospitality is about the relationships. I want to encourage you to get together with a couple of other TenAM people or families and host a breakfast, or host a brunch, or a BBQ, or an afternoon tea, or a meal, or a lunch, or a picnic. Bring your church family together with people in your network of relationships. We are calling people to be deliberate with their hospitality next year. Being deliberate with your invites and deliberate with your conversations. Imagine if we all did it once a term how many people we could bring into the orbit of our God and his church family.
Be deliberate about your diary
Be deliberate about your invitations
Be deliberate about your prayer
Be deliberate about your conversations
Be deliberate about your teamwork
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Gavin, Great couple of posts! I'm very interested in the ministry of hospitality in the church - here's a recent post on the subject: http://www.churchsolutionsmag.com/blogs/solutions/?m=art&a=greeter-one-another-ministry.html.Best of luck in your ministry.
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