Category Archives: new members

  1. “Lord, send us some…”

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    30/07/2018 by Chris Green

    What if God doesn’t send us the talented and the gifted? What if he sends us work?

    Category: membership, new members

  2. CONTACT! The four priorities for the card our newcomers fill in

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    04/08/2016 by Chris Green

    We’ve just reviewed the card we use for newcomers. We’ve tidied it up, and made the whole thing a touch more intentional. There are basically four areas.

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  3. Why minus four is greater than plus twenty: the curious maths of a growing church

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    29/01/2016 by Chris Green

    We had about twenty new people at our newcomers event last time we ran it.  But in the week afterwards, …
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