The Ministry of Greeting

If ever there was an important ministry it is the ministry of greeting. Making people feel welcome and inviting them to return.

I want to suggest to you this week that this is a ministry we can all play a part in. On a Sunday morning we can all look around us and greet people we do not know. Visitors should be welcomed by many. When you welcome a visitor, introduce someone standing around you to them. Invite them to return another Sunday. Invite them to a weekly activity you attend. Tell them you will meet them at the event. Introduce them to a pastor. When we get the Upper Room finished, invite them to meet the pastor after worship and to have a cup of coffee. Almost everyone can be part of the greeting ministry in this way.

But the greeting ministry is larger than Sunday morning. You may not be sports minded, but you could be part of a greeter team at Mt. Oak sporting events (hundreds of people from the community come to Mt. Oak throughout the year to watch their children play sports). Greet them in the parking lot, invite them to visit other Mt. Oak events, and encourage their children.

For Mt. Oak to grow and be all that God would want her to be we need more and more people who feel led to be part of the Ministry of Greeting. Can you be a part of this ministry?