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Fiona Haworth, former Director of Talent for Southwest Airlines, has been a United Methodist for 16 years, during which she has held several leadership roles both in the local church and serving the North Texas Conference. She is coauthor of Clip In: Risking Hospitality in Your Church (Abingdon Press, 2014), available on Cokesbury and Amazon.

Jim Ozier

Jim Ozier is founder of The Difference Makers Group, an expansion of Ozier Coaching. He served as Director of New Church Development and Congregational Transformation for the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church. He coauthored The Changeover Zone: Successful Pastoral Transitions (Abingdon, 2016) and Clip-In: Risking Hospitality in Your Church (Abingdon Press, 2014), available at /www.churchdifferencemakers.com/

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We attend dozens of worship services in different churches every year. Way too often we hear the preachers implore along the scripted lines: “Come back…