Give Visitors a Royal Welcome

First impressions do count, visitors quickly determine if they want to be in our church. While friendliness cannot be dictated, it is a skill that we all can learn (not only those who are ushering). It is our duty as members of HCC to give visitors a royal welcome that will cause them to want to return.

How to be a great greeter:

• Be Prepared: Arrive at church early and check if everything is ready. Also check your appearance, are your shoes polished, teeth brushed, hair combed?
• Welcome everybody: Not only do newcomers need your warm welcome, the regulars also need a friendly greeting. Develop a good handshake. Be enthusiastic about the day, the worship and most importantly about CHRIST.
• Anticipate the newcomers: When people enter the door whom you do not recognize, approach them. Share with them the warmth of our church and do not hesitate.
• Say goodbye with warmth: After the service, bid farewell to visitors, inviting them to return next week or to a cell group. Ask them if they have any question, introduce them to other members as well as the pastor.
• Understand the mind of a visitor: They want to be welcomed but not put in a spotlight. They want to observe our church and be provided an easy opening if they choose to come again. Most of all they do not want to be pressured.

USHER'S PRAYER

May those who come inside our church,
Whom I greet see CHRIST in all I do and say.
And remind me, Lord, that Newcomers are not just
People who choose to worship here today,
But are souls whom you have sent by me
In hopes that they might be saved, ministered to.

I'll not be just a greeter or an usher for my church,
But your greeter, your usher at your house.
May I greet every person with prayer and sincerity,
Seeing this greeting ministry as an opportunity,
To introduce newcomers to you.

Bro. Gerard Khaw