Valerie Johnson on February 22nd, 2009

Over the past 12 years, I have traveled with my pastor as his ministry assistant and I have hosted guests as the guest services manager at our church.  These two roles have allowed me to look at ministry guests from two different perspectives:  being a guest and receiving guests.  In previous posts I have written [...]

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Valerie Johnson on February 20th, 2009

Your Ministry Helper has posted several articles about hosting ministry guests.  While you know that your staff and volunteers should be friendly to your guests, you can go the extra mile with a little lagniappe – a little something extra!  When that something extra is unexpected, it’s even better. Hotels and restaurants are in the [...]

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Valerie Johnson on February 18th, 2009

What does your church do to celebrate its ministry volunteers?  Do you recognize them for their hard work?  Do you have a planned activity to show them that you appreciate their ministry? Ministry volunteers are the church’s greatest resource.  Every church has them and can’t function without them.  From the parking lot, to ushers to [...]

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