“Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.” (Romans 15:7, ESV)
God is building His church. It is a family, with Jesus at the head, into which our loving Heavenly Father is inviting people. He is actively at work in the world, calling people to himself, establishing and strengthening them in Christ.
Just as Jesus welcomes sinners and draws us to himself, so we seek to welcome all into the St Matthew's church community. When we turn up at St Matthew's, whether as visitor or regular member, our hope is that everyone experiences not just a warm greeting and kind gesture, but the invitation to continuing and growing relationship.
The welcoming ministry at St Matthew’s is a very important one which helps newcomers feel part of our community and regular members to express the love of Christ for all people. Everyone can share in this work of extending gospel hospitality: you don’t have to be on the welcoming team to look out for and look after our visitors.
The new TenAM Welcoming Team comprises three groups of people:
‘Greeters’ who are the first point of contact when people enter the church;
‘Seaters’ who are responsible for ushering people to suitable seating; and
‘Meeters’ who spend time (mainly after the service) following-up newcomers.
Hospitality is an important part of the ministry of welcoming. Thank you to those people who have offered to host a ‘TenAM Lunch’ next year, one of our regular events for newcomers. And thank you to those of you who already actively seek out and invite newcomers to your home (or a local café or food hall) after the service.
Look out for the new Welcome Desk in the church foyer, coming soon! It will double as a resource/information centre for regulars and a place for visitors to make contact with someone before they leave. In the New Year you will also be able to collect a Welcome Pack, which will include a new St Matthew’s information brochure.
Over the next 12 months we will be offering a number of training sessions on the Ministry of Welcoming. The first one will be tomorrow, Monday 26 November, from 7.45–9.00pm at the church. Although this will be specifically designed for existing members of the welcoming team, everyone is welcome.
Khim
God is building His church. It is a family, with Jesus at the head, into which our loving Heavenly Father is inviting people. He is actively at work in the world, calling people to himself, establishing and strengthening them in Christ.
Just as Jesus welcomes sinners and draws us to himself, so we seek to welcome all into the St Matthew's church community. When we turn up at St Matthew's, whether as visitor or regular member, our hope is that everyone experiences not just a warm greeting and kind gesture, but the invitation to continuing and growing relationship.
The welcoming ministry at St Matthew’s is a very important one which helps newcomers feel part of our community and regular members to express the love of Christ for all people. Everyone can share in this work of extending gospel hospitality: you don’t have to be on the welcoming team to look out for and look after our visitors.
The new TenAM Welcoming Team comprises three groups of people:
‘Greeters’ who are the first point of contact when people enter the church;
‘Seaters’ who are responsible for ushering people to suitable seating; and
‘Meeters’ who spend time (mainly after the service) following-up newcomers.
Hospitality is an important part of the ministry of welcoming. Thank you to those people who have offered to host a ‘TenAM Lunch’ next year, one of our regular events for newcomers. And thank you to those of you who already actively seek out and invite newcomers to your home (or a local café or food hall) after the service.
Look out for the new Welcome Desk in the church foyer, coming soon! It will double as a resource/information centre for regulars and a place for visitors to make contact with someone before they leave. In the New Year you will also be able to collect a Welcome Pack, which will include a new St Matthew’s information brochure.
Over the next 12 months we will be offering a number of training sessions on the Ministry of Welcoming. The first one will be tomorrow, Monday 26 November, from 7.45–9.00pm at the church. Although this will be specifically designed for existing members of the welcoming team, everyone is welcome.
Khim
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