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11 December 2023


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11 December 2023

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Tania Nelson

Christmas is the time of year when we can expect more visitors to our churches than usual. What impression will they have of us? Based on our welcome, are they likely to come back again? Director of Lutheran Media and former LCANZ Executive Officer for Local Mission shares some insights into the importance of a warm welcome and how to create the sort of community visitors will want to return to.

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The first [part of the welcoming] is the website because, if you are new to the church, you have checked out the website or the Facebook page first. Why? Because you want to check out what this church is all about.

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