It’s a Sign.
There are a couple of Starbucks locations in town that are currently undergoing a remodel. The first, I saw a few weeks ago when I was swinging by for a grande Pike on my way...
Author: Danny
Cherry Hills Church (Springfield, Illinois)
Each month, we revisit a series of posts called Guest Services Road Trip. We’ll travel the country from the comforts of our couches, interviewing leaders who are in the trenches of ministry. Do you have an idea for GSRT...
Q&A: What Advice Would You Give to Someone Just Starting Out?
Q: What advice would you give to a 25 year old starting to develop people in guest services and in church work? [Alex Valverde, Cross Pointe Church, Duluth, Georgia] A: I am always a bit...
“What’s In It For Me?”
The following is an excerpt from our One-Day Workshop: After the First Visit, covering the moments and the months after a guest shows up at your church for the first time. Want to know more?...
Multi-Site Basics
You just landed on an every-once-in-a-while series called Primer Posts, a curated collection of my favorite articles and books on one particular topic. These are the resources I usually point to when people ask about getting started...
“Buy Three, Get a Fourth Free” For Our One-Day Workshops
It’s time to decide who your friends are, friends. Our final One-Day Workshops of 2019 are coming up soon: Guest Services (September 17) After the First Visit (October 15) Space is filling up for both,...
Spurgeon on Hospitality and Evangelism
I just finished up Charles Spurgeon’s The Soul Winner, part of my summer reading list. This quote got my attention: …soul winners, try after sermon to talk to strangers. The preacher may have missed the...
Danny Recommends: Video Teleprompter 3
Every so often we dip our toes into a series called Danny Recommends:, posts that tip you off to the stuff that I…you know. The recommendations might be products for use in your ministry, resources that will...
Slow Your Role
Ministry weekends tend to be a blur: Prep that service Host that meeting Have that convo Guide that vol Put out that fire Set up that event Find that item Answer that text Remember that...
Top Ten Quotes: Above All
Let’s get one thing clear: even though I’m on staff at The Summit Church, I am not contractually obligated to read J.D. Greear‘s books. Or wash his car. Or tutor his kids in trigonometry. No,...
