Healthy Church Workshop

1. HOSPITALITY Healthy Church Workshop

2. Agenda Healthy Church Workshop: HOSPITALITY Warm Up – Church Web of Support What Does the Bible Say? What Is Radical Hospitality? (Part 1) Break 5 What Is Radical Hospitality? (Part 2) 6 1 2 3 4 What Can You Do? HCI

3. Warm Up Church Web of Support • Purpose: To help visualize the power of individuals and the power of church communities in building strong hospitality and relationships. • LET’S PLAY!!!! HCI

4. Warm Up Church Web of Support Questions: • What does this show about the power of individuals? • What happened when some people decided they had done enough (stop participating)? • What does this show about the power of a church community? • What would it take to create a strong CHURCH web of support for all youth, young adults, and senior members? • What will you remember from this exercise tomorrow? HCI

5. What Does the Bible Say? HOSPITALITY Matthew 25:35-40, NIV 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ 37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ 40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ Hebrews 13:2, God’s WORD 2Don’t forget to show hospitality to believers you don’t know. By doing this some believers have shown hospitality to angels without being aware of it. HCI

6. Methodists HOSPITALITY Early Start Early Methodist practiced hospitality in ways that many leaders founds their activities offensive. 3 1 John Wesley John Wesley preach to thousands on the roadsides, fields and invited them into community. 2 Grace! By God’s grace! HCI

7. What Does the Bible Say? Questions and Answers – Planning Think about how it feels to approach your church for the first time…. How Did You First Become a Part of This Congregation? How Does Your Congregation Welcome People? 3 1 What are three or four key entry points through which new people are most likely to connect with your congregation? What makes these attractive and inviting? What could you do to make it even more inviting? How does your church invite people? How did you hear about it? Who invited you? What was your first experience walking into the church building? What was helpful and what was confusing to you? tHow well are parking areas marked? Does the lot look inviting? Are signs in and around the building clear, informative, readable? 2 HCI Five Practices – Radical Hospitality Workbook by Robert Schnase

8. What is Radical Hospitality? RADICAL Radical means “drastically different from ordinary practice, outside the norm.” “Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.” – Romans 15:7 HCI

9. What is Radical Hospitality? HOSPITALITY IS….. PRAYER WORK. PRACTICE INITIATIVE HABIT HCI

10. BREAK TIME! 10 Minutes Take 10 minutes to re-fresh yourself and come back ready to get started again! HCI

11. What is Radical Hospitality? What do people need that congregations offer? 1 People need to know God loves them. 2 People need to know that they are not alone. 3 People need to know the peace. 4 People need to know how to offer and accept forgiveness and how to serve and be served. 5 People need to know that life is not having something to live on but something to live for. 6 People need a sustaining sense of purpose. HCI

12. Let’s Chat for a Minute Questions to Help You....... Every community, church, or group of friends has “DOORS” where new people seem to come in. Are the doors of your congregation open? How easy is it to come in the frind a place? How do people hear about your church most often? Think of all the ways someone in your community might hear or learn about the church? Extending the Invitation: Think about your community and all you have to offer to it within your congregation. Can you list two or three groups of people in your area that are waiting to be invited to the congregation? What are they like? What might they need? What could you offer? HCI

13. What Can We Do? Here is a story…… A woman was going through a rough time in her personal and professional life; and in her search for connections, hope, and direction, she began to visit a few churches. After her first two worship experiences to which she came alone, sat alone, and left alone without anyone speaking to her or greeting her, her prayer for her next visit to another church service was simply, “I only pray that someone speaks to me today!” HCI Five Practices – Radical Hospitality Workbook by Robert Schnase

14. What Can We Do? Churches aspiring to Radical Hospitality must ask: How are we doing as a congregation, as a Sunday school class, in our worship service, and mission projects? How are we doing to inviting guest and at teaching people to invite others? How can we do better? How can we offer Radical Hospitality we see in the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Christ? How are we doing at genuinely and autherntically welcoming people? What are we doing to help people who are unfamiliar with us to feel at home? How are we doing at helping people find their way into our congregation? HCI

15. What Can We Do? To offer the welcome of Christ...Radical Hospitality: HCI

16. What Can We Do? STRETCH – CHALLENGE - PULL • What are 3 – 5 basic, reasonable changes or actions that you can help your congregation take on? • If done with excellence and consistency, what would have the biggest impact on becoming a congregation that shows Radical Hospitality? • Make a list of big, life-changing, seriously scary ideas…. HCI

17. What Can We Do? Some examples..... HCI

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