Flashback Friday: What’s Your Passion?
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! I was talking to a friend yesterday who has been presented with...
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Thursday Three For All
It’s Thursday, kiddies: the day when I roll out a few things I’ve been reading over the past week. Three of ‘em, to be exact. Enjoy. (Remember: click on the big bold print to read the...
Who Are You Here For?
As guest services practitioners, it’s time for us to admit something. The ministry of serving guests is relatively easy, in the grand scheme of things: design a system. Invite volunteers to serve in the system....
Danny Recommends: Presentation Go Bag
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...
Just Get Started
I started last weekend as I do many weekends…with a list. Our small group was coming over on Sunday night, and so Friday night and Saturday was scheduled with the requisite honey-dos: clean the house....
Flashback Friday: Scooting The Saltshaker
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! Last week I revisited one of the better books on hospitality I’ve...
Thursday Three For All
It’s Thursday, kiddies: the day when I roll out a few things I’ve been reading over the past week. Three of ‘em, to be exact. Enjoy. (Remember: click on the big bold print to read the...
Q&A: Should I Mandate Serving Limits for My Volunteers?
Today’s question comes from our 2017 Blog Survey. Q: Let’s talk about serving limits. How long do you ask people to serve? Do you give them breaks, and if so, how do you manage those?...
Hand ’em a Hammer
This week our church is moving into a brand-new building in anticipation of a campus move in just a few weeks. It’s the first from-the-ground-up project we’ve undertaken since 1962, so you could say that...
Four Reasons to Load Up the Van This Summer
If you’ve been hanging out under a rock lately, you may have missed the fact that we’re hosting two One-Day Workshops later this summer (and also that another Jack Sparrow movie is out…Pirates of the...
