Welcome people to Sunday Services

• Introduce them to someone who might have something in common
• Nationality; workplace; age group; family situation; etc.
• Ask newcomers to fill in a welcome card
• Pass these to Chaplain for follow-up
• Phone call or e-mail to connect and see how we can take things on
• Encourage newcomers to join a home group
• Connect people to others with similar life situations as appropriate

Monthly Church meal

• Encourage committed Church members to vary who they sit with and to
• Make connections with people they don’t yet know
• Pass on to Church leaders needs, interests, etc of which they become aware

Home groups

• Encourage everyone to join a home group
• See these as opportunities for building relationships which go on beyond meetings
• Ask group leaders to pass on to Church leaders needs, interests, etc of which they become aware
• Encourage group members to meet at other times
• Pray for one another in home groups

Sunday prayer time

• Offer every week the opportunity for personal prayer
• Encourage people to take advantage of this
• Those who pray for others should pass on to Church leaders needs, with permission of those being prayed for

Pastoral care group

• Publicise the existence of this group
• Encourage everyone to contact this group about any needs of which they become aware
• Seek those with time & gifts for contacting others to offer a listening ear
• They should liaise with a list of Church members (including what home group they are in)
• This to see everyone is being contacted periodically to ensure they feel cared about & can share needs, talk, etc.
• They should pass on to Church leaders needs, etc of which they become aware
• This should include need for action (visit, shopping, advice, etc.)

• Seek and “train” those with time & gifts for praying for & counselling others
• Church leaders should pass on to them appropriate needs
• They would then contact people by phone &/or arrange to visit them
• They should pass back to Chaplain any issues they feel appropriate

Teaching on Sundays & in home groups needed to explain this & encourage involvement

• September teaching on our Church’s “logo”
• Pre-Easter course “Building Relationships With God’s Love”