How To Prepare A Welcome Speech For Church?
Write a Welcome Speech for Church Events © Wendy Brown, © Dmitry Maslov Dreamstime.com Writing a welcome speech for a church event can be a challenging affair. Whether you are welcoming congregants to a wedding, funeral, baptism, confirmation or regular service you are setting the tone. Many churches, however, have found a way to include this as a part of the regularly repeated but meaningful rituals of their services. Work your welcome speech through these steps and your church (not to mention any visitors) will be thankful. Step 1~ Consider the emotional tone for the event ~ Is this a celebration or a communal lament? Are you initiating people into new life, or grieving losses? A regular Sunday morning service has a different tone than a prayer meeting or a potluck social. Put an emotional label on the tone of the event such as joyful, somber, expectant, celebratory, or grieved. Make sure the rest of your work on the welcome speech for this church event match the tone — including yo