UMCOM Offers Welcoming Ministry 101 Course
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Interpret what it means to be a welcoming and hospitable congregation.
- Identify and enlist team members for the welcoming ministry of your congregation.
- Lead opportunities for members to learn and live their role in a ministry of welcoming.
- Plan and implement ways to extend the congregation’s welcome beyond Sunday and the walls of the church.
- Develop plans and strategies establish and maintain a dynamic welcoming ministry in your congregation.
- Become a welcoming certified congregation and engage with other welcoming certified congregations through an online annual renewal forum.
- Stay up-to-date with resources and tools from United Methodist Communications and other agencies of The United Methodist Church as well as non-United Methodist faith-based organizations focused on welcoming ministry and radical hospitality.
The course begins the first Wednesday of every third month, and each session is open to registered participants for eight weeks.
The next session will be held September 7–October 31.