How Churches Thrive Session 1 - Extending a Warm Welcome

Based on the book ‘How Village Churches Thrive’ published by the Church House Publishing in 2022. Each week will take a different chapter of the book, and we will reflect on it as a group. Each discussion session will, be led by Alison Maddocks, Dean of Smaller Churches, along with a different parish-based colleague. We will seek to share good ideas and solve problems together.  

Although the book is focused on village churches, its ideas are just as relevant to other churches, especially smaller to medium sized ones. It is not essential to read the relevant chapter in advance, but it will help you join in the discussion.  You don’t have to come to every session: choose the ones that will help you. However, you may get more than you expect out of following the whole book through. Please sign up for each session you are coming to separately, to help us manage numbers and send you the right links. 

Session 1 Content:

- What changes do we need to make to help us grow? 

- How to make our church as welcoming as our home 

- Why structuring our welcome around strangers to the church, rather than those who are already friends, is key. 

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