Sunday Morning Church Shopping
I have about forty-five minutes between Sunday morning worship services to renew, visit classes, and prepare for the next worship service. A least one or two Sunday mornings a month. The telephone will ring in my office. The callers ask a variety of questions about the church. Is your worship traditional or contemporary? What do you believe? When is your Bible study? Do you have a nursery, children, or youth program? What time does your service start and how long is the service. People are looking for a community of faith that offers a variety of benefits. This idea that people actually wake up on Sunday morning and begin looking or shopping for a place to worship is here to stay.
I have become accustom to these calls on Sunday mornings. I now encourage the people serving on Sunday morning to answer the telephone with a smile in their voice. Answering machines on Sunday morning may not be the best idea for the office. Eighty percent of the times that I take the two or three minutes to answer these questions people actually attend worship. Being prepared to welcome people into the faith community may be a willingness to answer a Sunday morning telephone call.
Questions: What is your experience with people looking for a place to worship? Are you a church shopper?
