This is an extra, but in no way is it tacked on the end of the course. If we are to make something useful of what has been presented, and start to think more deeply about the way we welcome people, then this was the first step of the next phase.
We started with a couple of videos, I can only find one of them:
The launched into discussion about what we could do about welcome, what we should do and how we could do it. There were some good ideas. Particularly the statement that the END of the service is more useful for welcoming than the start. At the end we server coffee, and have time to chat. At the beginning we are finding our places and trying to get settled with just a minute or so to go before the service leader welcomes people.
What should the welcome (co-ordination) team do? We recognise that the entire congregation must take some part in this, there were less than half present last night. Some of those are already starting - they have the badges to prove it. It is a small start, there must be more, there must be some organisation, and there must be some management. But just as people remind me to introduce myself when I forget, there must be people watching and willing to comment to all involved on the things we can and should be doing.
Now we must wait to see what the next steps are ...
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