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		<title>Is Yours a Welcoming Church?</title>
		<description>Discuss Is Yours a Welcoming Church?</description>
		<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-outreach/246-church-growth/19566-is-yours-a-welcoming-church</link>
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			<title>Letta says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-outreach/246-church-growth/19566-is-yours-a-welcoming-church#comment-3139</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dapper, Since your pastor ins introverted, perhaps your church can organize a welcome ministry to engage visitors during and after services. The pastor can't do it all by himself. This would be a great ministry opportunity for you and other more extroverted people.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Letta</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Norm says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-outreach/246-church-growth/19566-is-yours-a-welcoming-church#comment-3130</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I liked the article and realized that our church does many of these things. I think it is a little more complicated today than ever before. Many people are looking for programs and the preaching is way down the list. You didn't mention as to whether or not you have found the perfect church. I believe that if we are truly Foursquare we will find a Foursquare church. When we find that church even if it has some flaws we should start attending and make it better by sharing ideas. I find that many Foursquare people are attending other denomenations because they don't want to make the local church better. So many are looking for programs. not ministry.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Norm</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Jeff Gichuki says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-outreach/246-church-growth/19566-is-yours-a-welcoming-church#comment-3108</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Awesome stuff. As i Pastor i need to work on this over and over. Thanks]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Jeff Gichuki</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 05:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Pastor Rordy says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-outreach/246-church-growth/19566-is-yours-a-welcoming-church#comment-3107</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Being a diverse church on purpose, we are encouraged to invite people that don't look like us. We sing many contemporary and Gospel songs, and will make attempts to greet, and speak to guests. We show the love of God, but won't over do it, we are not slobery and mushy, but show yourself friendly and you will have friends. Our attempt to bring a family feel, with a southern twist, to a midwestern city has been well recieved. Good luck, and Godspeed.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Pastor Rordy</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Word Trust says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-outreach/246-church-growth/19566-is-yours-a-welcoming-church#comment-3105</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Very good article. People are shy in a new church because faith is such a personal thing. But having something for the people TO DO that links them to others is the best solution. Great article!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Word Trust</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Darlene Leffler says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-outreach/246-church-growth/19566-is-yours-a-welcoming-church#comment-3103</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm very happy to say that my church, New Song Community Church of Oceanside, CA, is one of the friendliest churches around! Sr. Pastor, Dr. Hal Seed, is intentional about making our guests feel welcome and involving the congregation in actively seeking out newcomers to welcome them and introduce them around. My family and I have been there 19 1/2 years because of the genuinely warm welcome, interest, and acceptance we were shown each time we came. It really makes all the difference! It really helps that we have a top-notch children's program, too! Many of our members came AFTER their children started coming with another family's children. They would go home raving about about how much fun they'd had, what they'd learned about Jesus, and how they wanted to go again! Eventually the parents of those children would say to each other, "We need to check out this church that our kids are so badly wanting to be a part of," and they'd come to check us out and fall in love, too!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Darlene Leffler</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Dapper says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-outreach/246-church-growth/19566-is-yours-a-welcoming-church#comment-3102</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Our church has an introverted pastor who doesn't enjoy being around people. He prefers to spend his free time with his family. We do have this problem of making people feel welcomed. Some come once, or twice, but then drop out. What can a church do? I made a point last Sunday and introduced myself to a new couple and invited them to join me and my spouse for lunch afterwards ( they declined, but at least I tried!) I feel sorry that my pastor has this type of personality, since he's supposed to be our shepherd besides being our pastor...maybe he can't help it.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Dapper</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>leola smith says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-outreach/246-church-growth/19566-is-yours-a-welcoming-church#comment-3101</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Eccellent!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>leola smith</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
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