The Cross Bearers are home visitation teams which call on first-time visitors to our worship, new VBS families, etc. Training is provided. New Cross Bearers are paired with experienced callers. The greeters are men and women who formally welcome worshipers at all services. They are stationed at the doors and behind the guestbook stand.
Training is provided so that greeters are able to answer questions, especially from new worshipers.
Greeters work on a monthly schedule, about four times per year. Block Watchers Block Watchers is an informational ministry which equips members of the congregation to contact new arrivals in their neighborhoods with an invitation to Cross of Christ Lutheran Church. Block Watchers take the initiative to find newcomers, but lists of newcomers are also used. Tracts The tract ministry of the congregation consists of filling tract racks with a complete and changing selection of tracts, while also selecting tracts for insertion into the Sunday bulletins and for use on special occasions. A limited number of people are needed for the ministry.