Guest blogger David Zimmerman is doing a series on church from the visitor's point of view over at Church Marketing Sucks. Number three, yesterday, was titled "The Welcoming Paradox."He talks about the delicate balance between not embarrassing new visitors (which was the subject of installment #2), and not leaving them to fend for themselves. The part that I nervously laughed at yesterday was when he and his wife, "eventually found a table in the lobby with a sign declaring it to be the 'Welcome Table,' but no one ever showed up."
He goes on to talk about empowering your congregation to be nice to people, but I couldn't get past the welcome center. Can visitors to your church get past the welcome center? Is it visible? Obvious, even? Are there people there on Sunday mornings? If not, is there a floor plan on display? Signage? Directions? Anything that is at all helpful?
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