Be sure to add input and ideas from local planners. Discuss how visitors will be incorporated into the congregation. The evangelism committee and others will want to coordinate the welcoming of visitors with their overall plan for reaching and involving new members. Establish a timeline and assign responsibilities. Schedule the next Friendship Sunday planning meeting.
Members greet visitors and express welcome.
Visitors are warmly welcomed and are made to feel at home. Visitors are acknowledged before, during, and after worship in a non-threatening way. Special packets of information or gifts from the congregation are distributed to visitors or their children. Opportunities for fellowship offer a chance for wider contacts. A meal or pot-luck is shared.