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Be Welcome!<br />

by Jayne Lauve<br />

When people visit a church service for the first time they<br />

wonder, “Is this a friendly, welcoming church.” On Sunday<br />

mornings, we wonder who the guests are and if God sent<br />

them to our<br />

doorstep. That’s<br />

why it’s so important<br />

to welcome them,<br />

especially strangers.<br />

As Christians, we<br />

have experienced<br />

God’s radical<br />

hospitality and we<br />

want to share it<br />

with other people.<br />

Through our own<br />

personal experience<br />

as people who have<br />

been welcomed<br />

by Christ, we are<br />

inspired to have the<br />

vision and courage<br />

to offer hospitality to<br />

people who may or<br />

may not know Him.<br />

A most warm thank you to all of you who have graciously<br />

stepped forward to be part of one of our Hospitality teams.<br />

As ushers, greeters, parking attendants and welcome station<br />

volunteers, you have been entrusted with promoting a sense

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