How can we effectively invite new people, welcome them into our congregations, and connect them to what we’re doing? Attend the second Invite Welcome Connect national summit Thursday, April 28 through Saturday, April 30, 2016, at Camp Allen in Navasota, about 60 miles north of Houston.
Registration includes lodging for two nights, six meals, social events, and all materials – $200 per person for double occupancy, $245 per person single occupancy.
Inviting, welcoming and connecting people who come to our churches are critical and strategic steps for building healthy, vibrant and growing congregations. Mary Parmer developed the Invite-Welcome-Connect materials out of the Diocese of Texas’ Newcomer Ministry Project, and she has taken the work to 32 dioceses throughout The Episcopal Church, including teams of college missioners and two Episcopal seminaries.
This 2nd national summit will promote the principles of Invite-Welcome-Connect with concrete examples, featuring many stories of success. Dynamic speakers include the Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining, the Rev. Marcus Halley, the Very Rev. Carol Wade, and the Rev. Jimmy Abbott. Workshops on how to use the Invite-Welcome-Connect materials will be held in addition to a number of practical offerings from those who have used the resources in their own churches. These materials provide excellent congregational development tools that include creative, concrete resources to form a strategic, intentional, and transformational newcomer ministry.
A full list of workshop presenters and topics can be found here.