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Invite – Welcome – Connect seminar promoted evangelism and relationship building
How congregations invite, welcome, and connect people are vital steps for building healthy, vibrant and growing churches, ensuring not only that “The Episcopal Church Welcomes You” is a reality, but that people don’t leave by the church’s back door. On Saturday, November 7, more than 40 people from six congregations in the diocese gathered at Trinity Episcopal Church in Fort Worth for an Invite-Welcome-Connect seminar by congregational development coach Mary Parmer. Mrs. Becky McKneely of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in…
Transform your congregation’s newcomer ministry
How congregations Invite, welcome, and connect people are vital steps for building healthy, vibrant and growing churches. Several thousand clergy and lay leaders from across the country have attended the dynamic “Invite-Welcome-Connect” training offered by Mary Parmer, a laywoman in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. Congregations that have put its principles into practice have seen sustained and measurable results, as well as new energy and spirit in the congregation. Read more about Parmer and her ministry. Trinity Episcopal Church, Fort…