Do You Have a Lobby Philosophy?
Ah, the church lobby. For some, it is a gathering spot to catch up with friends before or after the service. For others, it is a repository of helpful information, with brochures and posters and...
Ah, the church lobby. For some, it is a gathering spot to catch up with friends before or after the service. For others, it is a repository of helpful information, with brochures and posters and...
We’re ever-so-slowly building a case for the first-time guest follow up process. (You can see the first three parts of this ongoing series here, here, and here.) Today…is an actual phone call really necessary? And...
In a recent post I referenced Chip and Dan Heath’s book Made to Stick, and the term “curse of knowledge” … when we know something, it’s hard to imagine that someone else doesn’t know that...
In their best-selling book Made to Stick, authors Chip and Dan Heath popularized the term “curse of knowledge” … when we know something, it’s hard to imagine that someone else doesn’t know that same thing....
We’re gradually building a series on why and how to follow up with your church’s first-time guests. (You can see other posts here and here.) Today: the phone call. If you’ve determined you should make...
Gather ’round, kiddies: Grandpa is going to regale you with stories of a recent medical procedure. Editor’s note: please don’t. A few weeks back I had a couple of spots removed (hey 1985 Danny: just...
We’re slowly building an all-encompassing series on why and how to follow up with your church’s first-time guests. (You can see the first in the series here.) Today: how exactly should your first-time follow up...
‘Tis the season for everyone’s version of a top ten list. Here are – in no particular order – some of the most read posts from the last twelve months. If you haven’t read ’em,...
If you want to divide a room full of church staff members, toss out a fun topic like Calvinism. Oops. I mean first-time guest follow up. (That paragraph was predestined to be unfunny.) There are...
Join me as I process something in real-time, won’t you? (Why, thank you. Thank you for joining me.) For all of the church-branded t-shirts and caps and coffee mugs and bumper stickers that we foist...