http://tjduua.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/becoming-unitarian-universalist/ Building a vibrant, diverse faith community of healthy UU congregations in the TJ District Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:10:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://tjduua.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/becoming-unitarian-universalist/#comment-19 Shirley McGuire Mon, 12 May 2008 16:04:02 +0000 http://tjduua.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-19 One way we've found to help new people connect is, after they’ve been coming for a while, asking if they'd make coffee every once in a while. We have specific instructions for making coffee and someone to help them. This has been very successful in helping them connect with the congregation. We also ask them to help with greeting. Of course we always make a point to speak to them during our meet and greet part of the service and speaking with them during coffee hour. We'd like to introduce some other small tasks so we can meet their interests in case they are not interested in either of the above tasks. Do you have intentional ways in your congregation to help newer people connect? If so can you share them with us? Thank You. Shirley McGuire, President Westside UU Church, Knoxville, TN. One way we’ve found to help new people connect is, after they’ve been coming for a while, asking if they’d make coffee every once in a while. We have specific instructions for making coffee and someone to help them. This has been very successful in helping them connect with the congregation. We also ask them to help with greeting. Of course we always make a point to speak to them during our meet and greet part of the service and speaking with them during coffee hour.
We’d like to introduce some other small tasks so we can meet their interests in case they are not interested in either of the above tasks. Do you have intentional ways in your congregation to help newer people connect? If so can you share them with us? Thank You. Shirley McGuire, President Westside UU Church, Knoxville, TN.

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