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    Quote Originally Posted by FaithfulOne View Post
    Yeah, sounds kinda phony...but like Pentium said, if they didn't do anything, it might be perceived as cold and unfriendly...
    Pentium... autocorrect is hilarious I meant Penti

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    Quote Originally Posted by FaithfulOne View Post
    I don't mind the meet and greet time for the most part--it's the "turn to your neighbor" bit that gets me
    Exactly!

    I never thought I'd get tired of that, but it happened about a year ago! I'm thinking of wearing church gloves due to all of the hands we have to shake. Why they have us shaking & greeting 5-6 people (yes, they tell us how many to greet), and shaking their hands is beyond me! And if you don't do it, here comes the feelings of guilt. I almost want to wear sunglasses so folk will think I'm blind, but that would probably elicit more handshakes and, gasps, hugs!

    Sorry, but I don't want shake more than 2-3 people's hands, and I only want to hug those that I know personally, though I have been LED to greet certain strangers from time to time. Other than being HS led, we can cut that part of the service in half.
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    Quote Originally Posted by curly sue View Post
    The list above is so orchestrated sounding, it just comes across as phoney to me.
    As I was reading the OP I was thinking, "Is this what the 'church' has come to? We actually have a whole article in a ministry magazine about 'meet and greet' and what some churches are doing about it? Can we get any more insignificant than this?" Lord help us.

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  5. #14
    Quote Originally Posted by curly sue View Post
    I can't stand meet and greet. If I want or need help, I will ask for it.
    Aren't those things two different things?

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    As I was reading the OP I was thinking, "Is this what the 'church' has come to? We actually have a whole article in a ministry magazine about 'meet and greet' and what some churches are doing about it? Can we get any more insignificant than this?" Lord help us.
    Yep, if we've got to the stage where people aren't automatically made to feel welcome then we're certainly not known by our love.

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    I'd like to have Stand, Meet and Greet about 3/4's of the way through the sermon, like a seventh inning stretch.
    Agreed..breaks up the monotony
    Man, your pastor must be so bad they be putting folks to sleep!

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    Quote Originally Posted by FunFromOz View Post
    Aren't those things two different things?
    I was referring to the entire article.

  9. #18
    Quote Originally Posted by curly sue View Post
    I was referring to the entire article.
    OK, but how's the statement "It's just that someone greeting me and acting all friendly because it is their job really puts me off" fit? Most people have the capacity to just say hello. But we have people who do specific "jobs" because it's their ministry.

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