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Information, history and facts about Bethany Lutheran Church and Early Childhood Education Center
+ The “Greeter Ministry” is an important, necessary and vital service for our ministry
here at Bethany. + Bethany’s “Greeter Ministry” focuses on prayer with and for people; prayer before, during and after services. + Throughout the week greeter ministers pray for their divine appointments – those whom the Holy Spirit is already working on to lead to Bethany. + Greeter ministers then specifically pray for their service and their divine appointments the day they serve! + Studies also show that most visitors decide whether to ever return to a new church within 10 minutes of arrival, before they ever meet or hear the Pastor! + How important greeter ministers are! We still need more workers! You can begin to imagine how many divine appointments we are missing through sheer lack of numbers! + Bethany’s “Greeter Ministry” focuses on prayer with and for people; prayer before, during and after
services. + The Holy Spirit leads us all to Bethany – members and visitors – everyone! + Greeter ministers offer themselves to the Holy Spirit so that He might lead them to the visitors as their “divine appointments.” + The “divine appointments” are those He has prepared to meet us, and those He has prepared us to ministry to. + We need 26 more greeter ministers. We are missing divine appointments right now through sheer lack of numbers! + There is still one more 30-minute greeter minister orientation session scheduled in November. It is on Saturday, November 21 at 10:00 AM. Current and prospective greeter ministers can still attend this one if they have not thus far +Greeter ministers serve as Bethany’s face as well as Christ’s ambassadors to visitors.
+The Holy Spirit led 258 individual visitors to worship at Bethany thus far in 2015! +81 of those 258 visitors worshipped with us more than once, several do so regularly and 8 have joined our fellowship. For this we praise the Lord! +Studies show that any church will host up to 150% of its average worshipping Congregation who come through its doors each year as visitors. +We need 26 more greeter ministers. We are missing divine appointments right now through sheer lack of numbers! +Three 30-minute greeter minister orientation sessions are scheduled in November. They are: Friday, November 13 at 6:30 PM Saturday, November 14 at 10:00 AM Saturday, November 21 at 10:00 AM Current and prospective greeter ministers should attend one of these. + The “Greeter Ministry” is an important, necessary and vital service for our ministry here at Bethany
+ All members of Bethany, especially our greeter ministers, “are therefore, Christ’s ambassadors as though God were making His appeal through us.” 2 Corinthians 5:20 + The Greeter Ministry seeks those gifted by the Holy Spirit for prayer and hospitality, to serve as Christ’s ambassadors to those the Holy Spirit leads to Bethany as our “divine appointments.” + We need 26 more greeter ministers! We are missing divine appointments right now through sheer lack of numbers! + Three 30-minute greeter minister orientation sessions are scheduled in November. They are: Friday, November 13 at 6:30 PM Saturday, November 14 at 10:00 AM Saturday, November 21 at 10:00 AM Current and prospective greeter ministers should attend one of these |