hospitality

Do you have a welcoming youth ministry? What do kids see when they come check out your program? How people see you affects how they see Jesus. The same is true of a ministry.

It’s not just about staff and volunteers greeting people, but more of a complete shift to the entire congregation modeling hospitality.

"It's not about becoming like Julia Child," says Ann Voskamp. "Hospitality is about welcoming in the marginalized as the next child of God."

Hospitality as a single can be surprising. I find that people in the church are often surprised to see a single person practicing hospitality.  I’ve never understood why.

"People," says Margaret Feinberg, "are hungry for so much more than an app, an entree, and a dessert.” And yet God uses hospitality to knock down barriers that would be insurmountable otherwise.

The practice of hospitality makes us better servants.

I know hospitality isn’t something you’ve commonly associated with definitions of leadership, but it’s critical to our effectiveness that we begin to do so.

Maybe the only experiences people in your church have ever had with talking about church or inviting someone are downright painful.