Hospitality, like any other church skill is learned. How can you teach your church leaders the basics of hospitality in the House of God? A weekend workshop of 4-6 hours can help you accomplish this important objective. Following is an example of how this can be done in your church at little or no cost at all. Your pastor, staff person, or other gifted leader can follow this basic outline and provide a valuable opportunity for your church to begin to practice hospitality to newcomers. (You are free to use and to adapt any and all of this material for your own particular use in the church setting. Simply click on the icon next to the print icon above to produce a pdf file)

It is best to have participants grouped around large round tables for reaction and discussion of presentations from the front. This is important and the time spent making this possible is well worth the extra effort.

Do not limit your workshop to a designated group within your congregation, but invite the entire congregation to attend and benefit from the experience. It will prove to make your whole church more “hospitality contagious."