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Prepared for Visitors to Your Sunday School?Use this checklist to help determine how prepared your church is to welcome and involve visitors through your Christian education program. ___ Are teachers prepared to greet new students as they enter the classroom? ___ Are teachers of children comfortable introducing themselves to the parents of visitors? Do teachers know whether or not visiting children should remain in the room until their parents return? ___ Are the rooms all neat, including updated bulletin boards? ___ Are class members encouraged to hang banners, posters, and other results of class activity? ___ Are teachers comfortable introducing visitors to the rest of the class? ___ Do teachers provide opportunity for some sharing to help visitors feel more at home? ___ Is there a procedure to record the name, address, and phone of any visitors to a class or group? ___ Is there a procedure for sharing information about visitors with the church office? ___ Do adult classes have coffee and tea available? ___ Do youth classes have juice and donuts? ___ Are extra copies of curriculum and other study resources available for visitors? ___ Are visitors informed of any coming social events and encouraged to participate? ___ Is there a procedure for follow-up on anyone who visits a Christian education class or event? ___ Do students in the class or group take a part in that follow-up process rather than leaving it all to the teacher or leader? ___ Are the classrooms all attractive, comfortable places to meet? ___ Are there greeters who can direct visitors to the appropriate classes? ___ Are class or group members encouraged to invite friends to the group? From New Life Ministries Report 3: "Healthy Sunday School – Growing Church." You are free to reproduce this questionnaire for use in your own congregation. Thank you for giving credit to New Life Ministries, www.NewLifeMinistries-NLM.org
New Life Ministries resources that will help your Sunday school become more effective at reaching out include:
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