As we approach Holy Week and Easter, I will be sharing one idea each week for church communications. This week’s idea: Create and update your church's Google Business Profile. When someone Googles your church, it will look a bit like this: When I Googled "Kanata United Church," I got the results in the screenshot above. On the left is the Kanata United Church website. On the right is the Google Business Profile summary. Did you know that your church can create and maintain a Google profile? It...
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As we approach Holy Week and Easter, I will be sharing one idea each week for church communications. This week's idea: Make a special invitation to Holy Week and Easter activities. Is your church hosting a Maundy Thursday potluck and communion service? A Good Friday Service? An Easter Egg hunt? Easter Sunday service? Now is a great time to share the invitation. A few possibilities: If you have a church website or social media page, share the information about these services. Keep it simple -...
Dear EOORC, Spring is around the corner, and I hope you are enjoying the beautiful sunshine today! As we approach Holy Week and Easter, I will be sharing one idea each week for church communications. Easter is a wonderful time to welcome new folks to worship. If you'd like to follow along, we will be doing one simple project each week. This week's project: Check that your Sunday worship service time is clear and easy to find for visitors. If your worship services alternate between buildings or...
Dispatches from the Confirmation Weekend Twelve youth and nine leaders participated in the Weekend Confirmation Booster at Bells Corners UC on January 16th and 17th. The program began with a smudge circle led by the EOOR YAYA minister Dana Ducette followed by a sensory worship service created for the youth by Rev. Frank Emanuel (Britannia UC). The Narthex and Sanctuary space was set up to explore their faith journey through five stations. Each station was arranged with printed cards to read...
Over the past few months, many EOORC communities of faith have received a visit from a “Mystery Guest.” The Mystery Guest appears as a visitor in your community of faith. This special visitor can give you feedback about his/her/their experience at your community of faith. Did anyone say hello to the visitor? Could the visitor find your service time? The Mystery Guest will report back about these and more questions, helping you to customise your welcome to future visitors. I sat down with one...
When have you experienced a wonderful welcome at church? How can we provide a warm welcome to those who visit our congregations? What are some practical steps we can take? These are questions that we have been exploring in EOORC. Our winter educational event had a theme of "Strengthening the Invitation." The Regional Council produced a helpful checklist for communities of faith to complete. A "mystery visitor" will be visiting each and every congregation in EOORC to help give feedback...
