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Worship attendance is vital to the mission of the church. Through engaging videos, PowerPoint presentations, and supplemental materials, this resource provides you with tools and strategies to improve your worship attendance.
Reaching Others through Worship is appropriate for self study and for use with groups in your church.
Joe Arnold, research manager of the Lewis Center
Rev. Tom Berlin, pastor of Floris United Methodist Church in Herndon, Va.
Dr. Asa J. Lee, associate dean of community life of Wesley Theological Seminary
Dr. Ann A. Michel, associate director of the Lewis Center
Dr. Lovett H. Weems, Jr., distinguished professor of church leadership and director of the Lewis Center
How to Reach More People in Worship by Paying Attention (22:29 min)
Dr. Lovett H. Weems, Jr.
In this presentation, Weems considers how the practice of “paying attention” to various aspects of worship and clues about who is and is not attending can help congregations reach more people in worship.
The Power of Worship (19:08 min)
Rev. Tom Berlin
Highlighting the biblical and spiritual importance of the worship of God, this presentation is a powerful reminder of why worship attendance matters.
How Do People See Your Church? (8:02 min over five segments)
Dr. Lovett H. Weems, Jr.
This presentation provides several tools and methods your congregation can use to get feedback for gauging where your worship is hitting the mark and where it needs some fine tuning to make your church more appealing and accessible to members and guests.
Learning Clues from Attendance Patterns to Improve Attendance (12:32 min)
Joe Arnold
This presentation presents a way to examine your attendance patterns that can reveal clues for simple changes to improve attendance. By paying attention to patterns that often go unnoticed, a church can improve its attendance, often significantly.
Putting Out the Welcome Mat (7:19 min)
Dr. Lovett H. Weems, Jr.
This presentation focuses on how your church can communicate openness and welcome to worship visitors before they ever set foot in your sanctuary through clear communications directed at the external community, effective signage, well-kept buildings and grounds, parking lot hospitality, and more.
The Ministry of Greeting (14:19 min)
Dr. Ann A. Michel
This presentations helps your congregation develop a culture of hospitality through the work of official and unofficial greeters.
Tips for Making Worship More Visitor Friendly (26:41 min)
Dr. Asa J. Lee
This presentation presents a series of ideas and strategies for making your worship service more welcoming and accessible to visitors within the broader context of nurturing a culture open to newcomers.
The Sermon Series as Outreach Tool (31:28 min)
Rev. Tom Berlin
Many vital churches have mastered the art of reaching new people through sermon series on subjects of interest to those beyond the church. Get ideas for planning and promoting sermons that can boost your attendance.
Ways to Improve Summer Attendance (21:04 min)
Dr. Ann A. Michel
Strengthening attendance during traditional low times, such as summer, is important to increasing a congregation’s worship momentum in the summer. This workshop will discuss strategies and concepts to keep people coming during the summer months.
How to Reach More People in Worship by Paying Attention
In this presentation, Dr. Lovett H. Weems, Jr., considers how the practice of “paying attention” to various aspects of worship and clues about who is and is not attending can help congregations reach more people in worship.
The Power of Worship
The church’s mission can never succeed unless its missional priorities express the heart of God. This presentation reminds us that our essential task is to discern what God is doing and join in!
How Do People See Your Church?
This presentation provides several tools and methods your congregation can use to get feedback for gauging where your worship is hitting the mark and where it needs some fine tuning to make your church more appealing and accessible to members and guests.
Welcome – Introduction
Worship Video Review
Congregational Survey
Exchange Visitors
Conclusion
Learning Clues from Attendance Patterns to Improve Attendance
This presentation presents a way to examine your attendance patterns that can reveal clues for simple changes to improve attendance. By paying attention to patterns that often go unnoticed, a church can improve its attendance, often significantly.
Putting out the Welcome Mat
This presentation focuses on how your church can communicate openness and welcome to worship visitors before they ever set foot in your sanctuary through clear communications directed at the external community, effective signage, well-kept buildings and grounds, parking lot hospitality, and more.
The Ministry of Greeting
This presentations helps your congregation develop a culture of hospitality through the work of official and unofficial greeters.
Tips for Making Worship More Visitor Friendly
This presentation presents a series of ideas and strategies for making your worship service more welcoming and accessible to visitors within the broader context of nurturing a culture open to newcomers.
The Sermon Series as Outreach Tool
Many vital churches have mastered the art of reaching new people through sermon series on subjects of interest to those beyond the church. Get ideas for planning and promoting sermons that can boost your attendance.
Ways to Improve Summer Attendance
Strengthening attendance during traditional low times, such as summer, is important to increasing a congregation’s worship momentum in the summer. This workshop will discuss strategies and concepts to keep people coming during the summer months.
This article is reprinted by permission from Leading Ideas, a free e-newsletter from the Lewis Center for Church Leadership of Wesley Theological Seminary available at churchleadership.com.
