Do You Believe in What You Lead?
Behold Harvey Ball, the man who invented the iconic smiley face: In 1963, ol’ Harv was commissioned by an insurance company to create an icon to boost the morale of its employees. He cranked out...
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Only Two Weekenders Remain for 2023!
If you’ve never been a part of our (FREE!) Guest Services Weekender, you still have two more chances this calendar year: Why choose a Weekender? And one last good reason to choose a Weekender this...
Should You Serve On a Team That You Lead?
Leaders of volunteers are a hardy bunch: they have to possess the perfect mix of visionary, recruiter, trainer, coach, administrator, encourager…sometimes it feels like we hold every role from chief cook to bottle washer. And...
Danny Recommends: Drafts
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...
What is Your Hospitality Reflex?
Imagine that it’s a Sunday morning and you’re standing in your church lobby, getting out of your car in the parking lot, walking through the door of your Sunday School class, or sitting in the...
Top Ten Quotes: Welcome
I’ve long said that there is a disparity between those who write about guest services in the local church and those who are practitioners of guest services in the local church. While I’m grateful for...
Christmas in July: A Great Deal on GoodKind
It’s summer around these parts, and I know you’re busy jumping in the pool trying to keep your grass from dying. But friends, we are halfway to Christmas, one of our biggest ministry seasons of...
How to Start a Guest Services Ministry…With No Money
This is the next installment in our ongoing“Small Church” series, which looks at guest services through the lens of the smaller congregation: those with 150 or fewer people in attendance each week. See the entire...
Dud.
[This post originally appeared on July 4, 2011.] When I was in 8th grade, I had a gig as a teacher in “Children’s Church,” which is where Christian parents send their kids so they won’t...
Where to Find Great Deals on E-books
I’m still a little shocked at how a traditional paper-and-pen guy like myself has adapted to e-books. Last year, out of the 70 books I read, a whopping 57 of them were on Kindle. But...
