Our ministry is about welcoming newcomers to Carrubbers and helping them to integrate into the church if they choose to stay.

We have a welcoming team who speak to people before and after first morning service, and we are starting to build a second service team. Through this we give a welcome, relevant information and direct people to suitable events depending on their need. The team can now be identified with new blue “Welcome” T-shirts which we started using in early 2015.

We also encourage regular members to reach out to newcomers and visitors at all times.

We provide coffee after both morning services to provide a welcoming environment for regulars and newcomers to meetn as well as newcomers’ lunches in November and May. These lunches were well received and led to useful connections between newcomers and ministries. We are considering a new format in the future using the newly configured café.

A core team continues to meet to help with leadership of the ministry.

Points of praise...

• For the regular teams of dedicated people – first service and second service coffee teams and the first service welcoming team and now one person who is starting to welcome before and after some second services.
• For the core team’s help in leadership.

Things to pray for...

• That regular Carrubbers members continue to show Christian care and love to visitors at services.
• That we increase numbers in our existing teams to allow for people moving on to different ministries or locations.
• That we can build a strong welcoming team for the second morning service.