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These fun welcome gifts are from Episcopal Church of the Ascension Dallas.  We have a Community Garden and so we ordered these basil kits from https://www.4allpromos.com/product/growables-planter and had customized stickers made.  They were around $2 a piece.  Guests love these. 

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These fun welcome gifts are from Episcopal Church of the Ascension Dallas.  We have a Community Garden and so we ordered these basil kits from https://www.4allpromos.com/product/growables-planter and had customized stickers made.  They were around $2 a piece.  Guests love these. 

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Identify leadership to follow up with all newcomers in the past year to make sure they feel welcome and are able to access offerings. 

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Identify leadership to follow up with all newcomers in the past year to make sure they feel welcome and are able to access offerings. 

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We announce every Sunday the availability of a Bottle Pax that includes a pair of socks, crackers, water bottle and card from the church to be distributed to homeless who are begging on street corners. We also encourage slipping a couple of $ into the rubberbanded pax. We announce we would like visitors to take one to keep in their car to distribute. We keep these in large containers by our two main points of entry. Visitors have commented positively about this ministry and even handed us some money to support it. Started in January, 2022 and have distributed over 150 Bottle Pax to date.

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Pew Cards from Episcopal Church of the Ascension Dallas (Give)

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Pew Cards from Episcopal Church of the Ascension Dallas (Give)

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Pew Cards from Episcopal Church of the Ascension Dallas (Connect)

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Pew Cards from Episcopal Church of the Ascension Dallas (Connect)

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Pew Cards from Episcopal Church of the Ascension Dallas (Serve)

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Pew Cards from Episcopal Church of the Ascension Dallas (Serve)

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Pew Cards from Episcopal Church of the Ascension Dallas (Pray)

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Pew Cards from Episcopal Church of the Ascension Dallas (Pray)

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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church | Kansas City, Missouri 

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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church | Kansas City, Missouri 

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We are working on a welcome bag with a newcomer's guide, a notebook, the Book of Common Prayer, and a travel mug- the idea being that we love people, so we prepare them. The hope is that they can just grab their bag and join us for church. I am holding coffee shop office hours for people who have joined since 2020 to provide an opportunity for feedback and reflections on their experience to inform the Newcomer's Guide

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From michael Farrimond to All Panelists 03:17 PM
Encourage parishioners to, on Sunday morning, before you talk to someone you know, talk to someone you don’t know

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We have a very outgoing Archdeacon who visits new attendees and has a list of questions for them.  He prioritizes listening rather than talking about the church.

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at our church we always approach anyone new with greetings and welcome .  i alwaya make sure to invite them to an event or activity  getting involved makes you meet more people.  Krie Wilson

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at our church we always approach anyone new with greetings and welcome .  i alwaya make sure to invite them to an event or activity  getting involved makes you meet more people.  Krie Wilson

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The Welcome Bar in our narthex! (We also started hikiing groups that could meet outdoors during the pandemic.)

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Welcome Spot at the exterior front door, Online coffee hour, eliminated ushers and the hosts now invite to communion, called members to check in for the first year

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Released during stewardship focus period but really shows life at Christ Church Brampton. This past year we had a drive-by/drop-off for one of our local ministry partners tying the theme to action.

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We have beehives on our campus that parishioners tend to. We give newcomers little bottles of our Saint Stephen's honey!

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Inviting newcomers to a breakfast so they can get to know parishioners and the parishioners newcomers.

Creating an Icon writing offering to connect people.  Available to all.  Separate spaces during Covid.

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accompany over to the coffee hour - share new person with Sr Warden and Rector

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Have a welcome gift to give during the service when we have new parishoners.

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Have been offering all 4 daily offices 7 days  a week via Facebook actually started b4 the pandemic

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Clergy invites everyone who visits the church to coffee at a neighborhood coffee shop

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Clergy invites everyone who visits the church to coffee at a neighborhood coffee shop

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The invitation is an additional contact, even if the invitation is not accepted. If the invitation is accepted, clergy can be visible in a neighborhood place in addition to meeting with the new visitor.

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The Welcome Bag contains: St. Mary's mug, stationery, prayer cross, heart rock, a welcome letter from the rector, schedule.

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A parking sticker is one way we welcome newcomers into our community. Very helpful for our downtown setting.

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We have a Newcomer Gathering (with outdoor lunch when possible) 3-4 times a year. We invite recent newcomers + a few parishioners to get to know each other.

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Handwritten name tags at services; Welcome Table at main entrance

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Personal welcome from usher at the front door.

Bread gift welcome ministry

Follow-up call

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Right now we're sending a dozen cookies from a local cookie place to newcomers, with a message. That's been much appreciated.

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Church tours offered quarterly at St. Peter's, Charlotte -- welcoming newcomers, and encouraging social connections with someone non-new. 

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Church tours offered quarterly at St. Peter's, Charlotte -- welcoming newcomers, and encouraging social connections with someone non-new. 

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My favorite Hymn: "Lord of All Hopefulness"

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Our Vision is to be a place of unconditional welcome
and a beacon of God's love in the heart of Charlotte.

Our Mission

To nurture a community of courageous followers of Jesus
and inspire love of God and love of neighbor.

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Our Vision is to be a place of unconditional welcomeand a beacon of God's love in the heart of Charlotte. To nurture a community of courageous followers of Jesusand inspire love of God and love of neighbor.

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We've had quarterly Welcome coffees" with our rector and IWC rep to welcome and be sure they had been eithered offered or become involved with our ministries. We arelive streaming and used outside services throughout the pandemic. God has blessed us in many ways!

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We are restarting our I*W*C program and I'm hoping to get some new ideas about connecting with new and old-comers.