1. From Newcomers to New Leaders
Welcoming and Apprenticing
The Rev. Dr. C. K. Robertson

2. How Do We Retain and Recruit Newcomers?

3. Take a piece of paper & a pen and…

4. Take a Field Trip of your own church
Print advertising
Website
Phone message
Signage
Parking
Facilities
Service/social hour

5. Newcomers’ snapshots: What do they have to say to us about us?
What works well?
What needs work?
Programs
Follow up
Welcome
Nursery
Liturgy

6. Create an ongoing record of newcomers
Such a record allows us
to keep track of our newcomers
in an intentional way.

7. Newcomer Integration Record
“From First-Time Visitor to Fully Adopted Member”
Full Name: ___________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Phone: ______________________ (home, work, cell—circle one)
Secondary Phone: __________________ (home, work, cell)
______________________________________________
Names of Household members & birthdays:
_____________________________________ _____________
Anniversary or other special day: _________________________
Clergy call in 48 hours: _____ Formal letter in 72 hours: _____
Lunch with Clergy: _____ Invited to Info Event: _____
Attended Info Event: _____ Added to Vestry Prayers: _____
“Brownie Buddie”: _____ Filled out pledge card: _____
Inquirers Class: _____ Membership Liturgy: _____
Added to directory: _____ Confirmed/Received: _____

8. Pray for Newcomers
Send a Monday to all Vestry members with names of persons who visited services that weekend, to add to their daily prayers

9. Create a “Membership Moment”
Make sure that your new members are formally recognized and blessed in a Sunday service!
We Episcopalians do liturgy beautifully…
we can mark the transition of a newcomer into a fully adopted member.

10. Passing on something special

11. 3 People It’s all about intentional introductions.
Not a sales pitch but a sharing of who you are and what matters to you.

12. 3 People
Ask someone to help you do a personal inventory… Consider your screensaver, your phone photos, your weekly update stories.
It’s all about intentional introductions.
Not a sales pitch but a sharing of who you are and what matters to you.

13. Recognize the gifts of others!
Are our “leadership lenses” stuck at 20/80?

14. Nurture new leaders
Instead, we can empower newcomers and help them become “insiders”

15. Pass it on!
Think now of who you would like to mentor.

16. Pass it on! Think now of who you would like to mentor.
Consider how you can share what you have learned from your leadership time.

17. Pass it on! Think now of who you would like to mentor.
Consider how you can share what you have learned from your leadership time.
Make exit interviews standard procedure for volunteers & staff.

18. Look Beyond the Usual Input

19. Look Beyond the Usual Input
+ Who are the “Council of the Wise” to whom we can go as needed for feedback, support, and wisdom?

20. Look Beyond the Usual Input
+ Who are the “Council of the Wise” to whom we can go as needed for feedback, support, and wisdom?
+ How can we make use of a congregational report card?

21. Look Beyond the Usual Input
+ Who are the “Council of the Wise” to whom we can go as needed for feedback, support, and wisdom?
+ How can we make use of a congregational report card?
+ Pray!