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Hospitality Toolkit

Design Process

1.  Assess: Parish Hospitality & Welcoming
2. Explore: Hospitality & Welcoming
3. Review: Practices and Ideas 
4. Plan: Develop a Parish Plan for Hospitality & Welcoming


Part 1. Assess: Parish Hospitality & Welcoming

​Option 1. ​Assessment Tool on Parish Hospitality & Welcoming - Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
assessment_-_parish_hospitality___welcoming.docx
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​Option 2. Hospitality 101: Ideas and Assessment 
hospitality_101_tec.pdf
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​Option 3. Hospitality Formation PowerPoint with Four Part Evaluation - Diocese of Scranton
hospitality_toolkit_-_diocese_of_scranton.pptx
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diocese_of_scranton_-_assessments_for_hospitality.pdf
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Part 2. Explore: Hospitality & Welcoming

1. Read: Becoming an Inviting Church - Paulist Evangelization Ministries 

​Each section deals, in a concise way, with key issues and basic points involved in reaching one or another cohort in today’s world. Together, the essays amount to an array of ideas and resources that every parish can use in its ordinary pastoral life. Chapters include: Inviting our Parishioners, Inviting Families, Inviting Young Adults, Inviting Seekers, Inviting Inactive Catholics, Inviting Latinos, Inviting Youth, and Inviting Seniors. 
becoming_an_inviting_church.pdf
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2. Watch and Discuss: The Committee: Hospitality

The Committee follows Park Grove Community Church, a make-believe urban U.S. congregation, which has lost its pastor and is closing its doors, unless it reinvents itself. The Committee members struggle with understanding the true meaning of hospitality. Does your church have a heart for hospitality? Use the study guide process (in PDF and online): 
  1. Watch the video.
  2. Discuss the Starters questions. 
  3. Explore the meaning of hospitality. 
  4. Reflect on the Bible: 1 John 4:7-11, 18-21
The Committee Study Guide: Hospitality
ckc_committee_studyguide_01_hospitality.pdf
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3. Training for the Ministry of Hospitality - Office for Parish Life
This comprehensive guide includes both a theology and a spirituality of hospitality.  It also encompasses a training for ushers and greeters, an array of other formal ministries of hospitality, suggestions for creating a culture of hospitality throughout the parish, an understanding of the role a parish plant plays in hospitality, a song list, prayers and a bibliography.  This can be used for ministry training, retreats and workshops.  It will expand everyone's thinking and practice in practical ways.
dio_of_scranton_hospitality_min_training.pptx
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4. Go Deeper toward a Welcoming Congregation - Paul Wadell 

In a world that has grown frighteningly guarded and harsh, Christian congregations are called to imitate the “table manners” of Jesus by being sacraments of God’s hospitality in the world. How do we become these kinds of congregations in the Church and for the world today?
toward_a_welcoming_congregation__wadell_.pdf
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Part 3. Review: Practices and Ideas for  Hospitality & Welcoming

​Hospitality: Rolling Our the Welcome Mat - Archdiocese of St. Paul Minneapolis
hospitality_-_rolling_out_the_welcome_mat.pdf
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Keys for Welcoming Catholics back to the Table - John and Therese Boucher
keys_for_welcoming_catholic.pdf
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Moving with Hospitality - Archdiocese of Dubuque
  • www.dbqarch.org/offices/adult-faith/moving-with-mission/hospitality

7 Ways to Help Unchurched Guests Feel Welcome without Selling Out​ - Rich Birch
  • www.churchleadership.com/leading-ideas/7-ways-help-unchurched-guests-feel-welcome-without-selling

Hospitality Ideas - Lewis Center for Church Leadership
  • www.churchleadership.com/tag/hospitality

Welcoming Ideas - Lewis Center for Church Leadership 
  • www.churchleadership.com/?s=welcoming

5 Tips for Welcoming Church Visitors - Video ​
Welcoming New Members Practices & Ideas 

Top 10 Learnings about Welcoming Newcomers by Keith Anderson
  • www.churchleadership.com/leading-ideas/top-10-learnings-about-welcoming-newcomers
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Welcoming Newcomers to Your Congregation - Jessica Duckworth
  • www.churchleadership.com/leading-ideas/welcoming-newcomers-to-your-congregation

50 Ways to Welcome New People - Lewis Center for Church Leadership
  • www.churchleadership.com/50-ways/50-ways-to-welcome-new-people

Part 4. ​Plan: Develop a Parish Plan for Hospitality & Welcoming

Action Plan for Welcoming & Hospitality
action_plan_activity.pdf
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action_plan_activity.docx
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