“How to Connect with New People”
- Take advantage of the Next Step Cards and reports during the week.
- It helps you to become familiar with, pray for and to memorize their names.
- You can identify 1 or 2 people that you will seek out the following Sunday.
- Don’t be afraid to “cold call” new people.
- Let them know not only your name, but your title or ministry you are involved in.
- Use “inviting” language, such as “I’d like to invite you to our team…to get to know people at LVCC…to see what our ministry is about”
- Invite them to come up and introduce themselves the following Sunday!
- Direct them to your web page so they can recognize who you are.
New people may not volunteer right away, but they do want to be asked!
- Utilize the “5 Minute Window” on Sunday mornings.
- Kindly pause conversations with those that can happen during the week.
- Look for names you’ve recognized and prayed for.
- It is a wonderful model of outreach and hospitality for the other members.
- Sit in different locations each week on Sundays.
- It helps you notice more new people.
- It creates an opportunity to meet them during the “Meet and Greet.”
- It creates more separation from members and family that tend to seek you out.
- Memorize and use names as much as possible.
- They feel noticed and honored, even if you get their name wrong.
- If you’ve forgotten their name, say “Can you remind me of your name?”