New Thing- Newcomers Workshop
Inspiration: Mary Parmer, St. David's Newcomers Ministry
Time: All Day
Bottom Line: Inviting, Welcoming and Connecting
Reflection: Today we were blessed to have Mary Parmer from the Diocese of Texas to help us (and several other people from different Diocese--including people from St. Peter's in Tunkhannock!) how to fine tune our Newcomers Ministry. Here is the description of the event:
Inviting, welcoming, and connecting persons into our congregations are vital steps toward building healthy and vibrant churches. Join congregational development consultant, Mary Parmer, as she shares with us assessment tools and creative, concrete resources to form a systematic and intentional newcomer ministry. Mary Parmer serves as the Project Consultant to the Diocese of Texas Newcomer Ministry Project. In the last two years, 70 congregations in the Diocese of Texas have sent 250 clergy & lay leaders to Mary's newcomer trainings, and hundreds of others have attended her diocesan conference newcomer workshops. Many of these churches have reported that use of the creative ideas, newcomer assessments, and resources used in the Newcomer Ministry Project (soon to be published by Forward Movement), brought new energy and spirit to their congregations, along with encouraging growth in membership.
She was great and one parishioner said that she was like a "b-12 shot" for the ministry. We are going to be brainstorming and making some changes in the days and months to come. Thanks, Mary!
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