Monday 31st March 2008
You've held your 'Back to Church Sunday', invited friends and neighbours, had a good time ... now what? How do you encourage people to stay - or find out more about church?
It's a good idea to think about this as early as possible. What have you got coming up in the church diary that your visitors might like to know about? Can you give them a list of groups or activities that they might like to join as part of their welcome pack on the day?
Many churches run regular nurture courses such as Alpha and Emmaus. You may be planning to invite your visitors to join one of these.
You can find another good course in Bishop John's 2000 book, Beginning Again (SPCK), which one parish in our diocese found particularly helpful as a follow-up to Back to Church 2007.
