Hospitality
Hospitality: The Ministry of Welcome
Hospitality is a primary task for church leaders, elders and the more experienced members of the congregation. This resource is designed to help ensure that you are prepared to welcome new people courteously and respectfully to your church home.
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Love Your Neighbour Covenant
Creating a “love your neighbour” covenant is a simple exercise that you can do as an individual, family, household or congregation to recommit yourselves to loving your neighbour.
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Community Connection
Community Outreach Project Guidelines
Christians are called by God to reach out to their communities and to make a difference in the lives of their neighbours. These guidelines provide suggestions to fuel your congregation’s imagination as you explore different types of community outreach.
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A Guidebook for Congregations Looking to Connect with Neighbours
The United & Presbyterian Campus Ministry team that serves three post-secondary institutions in Calgary shares best practices that can be applied by congregations wanting to connect more fully with people and communities outside of the church.
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Joining the Joyful Feast: From Food Ministry to Worship
People are hungry for deep conversations and meaningful relationships. Whether a congregation is feeling called to start a dinner church or to strengthen an existing ministry, it is important to prioritize relationship-building and truly celebrate the loving bonds that Christ makes possible for us to have with each other. In this resource, you will find tools that can be used to foster strong and genuine relationships in your ministry.
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Opening Your Doors to People with Diverse Abilities
In this resource, Dr. Michael Walker from Our Doors Are Open explores ways congregations can welcome people with disabilities into their places of worship.
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Ways for Churches to Create Partnerships in Their Local Communities
God is already powerfully at work in the community, and your church was put there for a reason. This resource contains tips for how your church can build relationships and create partnerships with other organizations and people doing God’s work in your community.
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Ways to Be a Caring Church Community
Pastoral care is one of the most powerful ways we can demonstrate the love of God to one another. It must not be left to the minister and elders alone; God calls all of us to love each other. How well we care for each other will influence how well we care for our neighbours. This resource will help you build or strengthen the culture of caring in your church.
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Ways to Be a Church that Visitors Will Want to Call Home
Being a church that visitors will want to return to is about being like Jesus. The tips in this resource, modelled on Jesus’ way of welcoming others, will help your church be the kind of place that people will want to call home.
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Ways to Be a Great Church Greeter
Greeters are a vital part of a church’s ministry by ensuring that all who enter receive a warm greeting, the information they need to feel comfortable, and a friendly connection they can rely on before and after the service. As you strive to be the greeter that others remember as having warmly welcomed them into the church, this resource contains some important things to keep in mind.
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Remote Church Gatherings and Activities
Calling a Minister When In-Person Meetings and Public Worship is Not Possible
This resource outlines the principles and procedures for discerning a Call in times when the usual in-person meetings and worship services involved in the search for, calling and inducting a minister are not possible.
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Congregational Meetings When Meeting in Person is Not Possible
This resource contains ideas to consider for your congregation’s Annual General Meeting or other congregational meetings if your congregation cannot hold in-person meetings.
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Death, Grief and Funerals in a Time of Social Distancing
This resource addresses the pastoral issue of how to minister to grieving families in times when in-person gatherings and gestures of comfort are not possible.
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Suggestions to Enhance Zoom Meeting Experience
Zoom is one of the most commonly used platforms for video conferencing and webinars. Familiarity with the features of this platform is essential for hosting and participating in effective meetings online. This resource provides guidance to help facilitate smooth and secure online meetings via Zoom.
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Ways Churches Can Offer Connection and Care During Social Distancing
This resource contains creative and helpful ideas for offering connection and support through online communication, traditional communication, innovative communication and general community care.
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