Serving as a Church Greeter
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Serving as a Church Greeter - Zondervan
OTHER TITLES IN THE ZONDERVAN
PRACTICAL MINISTRY GUIDE SERIES
Serving in Your Church Music Ministry, Randall D. Engle
Serving in the Praying Church, Charles E. Lawless Jr.
Serving as a Church Usher, Leslie Parrott
Serving in the Church Nursery, Julia A. Spohrer
Serving in Church Visitation, Jerry M. Stubblefield
Serving by Safeguarding Your Church, Robert H. Welch
Paul E. Engle is an executive editor and associate publisher for editorial development at Zondervan. He has served as a pastor and as an instructor in several seminaries. Among the eight books he has written are Baker’s Wedding Handbook, Baker’s Funeral Handbook, and God’s Answers for Life’s Needs.
Leslie Parrott is formerly a pastor and a past president of Olivet Nazarene University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Battle for Your Mind, The Future Church, and The Life You Want Your Kids to Live.
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SERVING AS A CHURCH GREETER
Copyright © 1993, 2002 by Leslie Parrott
Formerly titled The Greeter’s Manual
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Parrott, Leslie, 1922–
Serving as a church greeter / Leslie Parrott.
p. cm. — (Zondervan practical ministry guides)
Rev. ed. of : The greeter’s manual. c1993.
ISBN 0-310-24764-0
1. Church greeters—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Parrott, Leslie, 1922– Greeter’s manual. II. Title. III. Series.
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To two of the best church greeters I ever knew,
Chet and Bernita Hill,
who helped make the foyer of their church
a place of organized friendliness
and mutual acceptance
CONTENTS
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright
How to Use This Guide
How Greeters Came to Be
The Importance of the Customer
Organized Friendliness
Filling the Need
1. The Ministry of Church Greeters
The Hierarchy of Ministries
The Biblical Precedent
The One-Another Ministry
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
2. The Need for Warmhearted Greeters
The Need for Human Kindness
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
3. Developing a User-Friendly Foyer
The Church Foyer Ministry
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
4. A Better Way of Doing Things
Tips for Churches and Their Greeters
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
5. The Parking Lot Ministry
Tips for Carrying Out a Parking Lot Ministry
One Man’s Ministry
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
About the Publisher
Share Your Thoughts
HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE
Back when ushering was still a stepchild in many churches, the idea of an official group of warmhearted church greeters had not even been conceived—certainly not born. In earlier days, the local congregation focused on the basic ministries that met the needs of members in an agrarian society. In those days, churches were primarily interested in preaching, home visitation, and care of the sick. Church greeting, as an official member of the church’s family of lay services, was a long time coming.
HOW GREETERS CAME TO BE
In that former era, the parson (Old English for the person
) was a lone figure in the community who had no staff of either lay or ordained people to extend or specialize the ministry of the church. There were no Christian education wings on church buildings; fellowship halls were nonexistent. Laypeople attended services, paid their tithes, and were ministered to by the preacher. Except for raising an occasional barn, most good works were private.
Most congregations began their family of lay ministries with the birth of a Sunday school. The idea of a teacher in the church was conceived, and, in due time, the eldest child in the family of Christian volunteers was born. The model for the Sunday school was the one-room public school.