Thursday Three For All
Avoiding the Christmas Crowd Trap. (via @MarkLWaltz) A great reminder as we head towards Christmas at DPAC. Don’t just show up to serve. Engage.
We expect thousands of new people this Christmas season. People who haven’t attended church services much, if at all, the rest of the year.
There’s a hidden trap in all this. When we acknowledge that many of our guests don’t attend services except at Christmas time (or Easter), we are prone to assume they won’t return ’til next year.
And that subtle assumption can adversely affect our approach to guests this season…
33 Ways to Show Your Volunteers You Love Them. (via Rich Birch) Thanks to my friend @alanpace for tipping me off to this one.
23. Calculate how many hours your volunteers have served in that last year and celebrate that!
24. Reinforce regularly with paid staff that our #1 role is to support our volunteers.
25. Take pictures of your volunteers serving and post them on various social media channels.
WestJet Passengers Have Their Christmas Wishes Granted. (via @taylorherringpr) In case you’re one of the five people on the planet that hasn’t seen this in the last few days, watch it. Now. This takes “surprise and delight” to a whole new level. I don’t know where WestJet flies, but I want to go to there.
Craig and I can’t wait to help spread some cheer at DPAC this year! Thank you to the whole team preparing to show the community that the trappings of Christmas will not fill your heart with joy…only Jesus can. Thank you for giving us a place to serve.
Danny,
I saw this clip on their website. You gotta see this one too! Hilarious!
Be our guest,
*Alan Pace*
Alan Pace
Guest Experiences/Membership Pastor
The People’s Church
Franklin, TN
615.465.5000 ext.5085
http://www.thepeopleschurch.org
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AMAZING. I’d never heard of this company before I saw the video. Now I want to go to Canada just so I can fly with them.
WestJet is a great airline even without the Christmas surprise. Flies into Edmonton. Give them a try- love to sit down and have a meal together with some stimulating Guest Services conversation. Elroy Peters Guest Services Team Lead, Beulah Alliance Church.
Elroy! I forgot about my Canadian Connections connection! I should’ve known you’d have the inside scoop on this. 🙂