(Invitation / Hospitality)

• Create or update your website:
  - Have you linked to ucc.org or i.ucc.org?
  - Do you have a Stillspeaking graphic on your site?
  - Play the "Steeples" Ad from your site.
  - Make certain that your congregation's information is correct on ucc.org "Find A Church"
• Listen to the recording on your congregation's answering machine:
  - Does your message say: “No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here”?
  - Are your fall hours of worship on the message?
  - Does your message include directions to your church?
  - Is your pastor’s name on the answering machine's message?
• Is there a Stillspeaking Ad in your local paper or on your local radio station?
• Are you providing a welcome gift for your guests and practicing hospitality:
  - Welcome bags (possible items include):
     + Stillspeaking mug, pen, comma or fortune cookie
     + What’s up with the Comma? Card
     + God is Stillspeaking, What Does that Mean brochure
     + What Matters brochure
     + Your church's brochure
     + Your church's newsletter
     + A church map with classrooms and restrooms marked
  - Children and Youth Welcome bags (possible items include):
     + Crayons, pencil, stickers
     + Activity sheets
     + Stillspeaking back to school book marks
     + God's Gifts, My Gifts
     + Brochure on your children and youth programs
  - Guest sign in (with emails)
  - Name tags
  - VIP packets (Visitor Information Packets)
     + Is your church “green”?
     + Is your church “Open and Affirming”?
     + Is your church “Accessible to All” ADA compliant?
     + Is your church “Just Peace”?
     + Is your church "Multiracial/Multicultural" ?
     + What are your church's “mission” projects?
     + What are your church's “fellowship” projects?
     + What are your service opportunities to your community and the world?
• Prepare for rain, arrange to meet guests with umbrellas and walk them from your parking area to the entrance door.
• Send i.ucc.org e-cards
• Send UCC e-cards
• Prepare yourselves to be "Stillspeaking People"
  - Order Are You Ready to Talk About Your Church?

And, have some fun!