Big Ideas About Small Groups, Community Christian Church’s version of zonegathering.com, has listed a Top 10 Worst Ways to Welcome Newcomers to Your Group as assembled by their staff. Here they are . My favorite is #10.
What would you add?
- Be chanting when the newcomer comes to small group (Nick Plassman)
- “So tell us, what do you know about the Bible?” (Sue Smith)
- Tell stories the whole time that are exclusive to the small group (Tony Germann)
- Ask them to pray out loud at the start of small group (Troy McMahon)
- Ask them, “What’s your greatest sin?” (Tanya Weible)
- “Did you bring the brownies?” (Brad Prunty)
- Keep complaing that they are taking up the empty chair (Bill Carroll)
- When a newcomer arrives at the door say, “Who invited you??” (Janet McMahon)
- “You ready to get the Holy Spirit?!?” (Steve Brewer)
- “Where’s your sacrificial lamb?” (Bill Barton)
“How much money do you make?”
nathan.
September 26th, 2007