The Woodlands Community Presbyterian Church

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The Woodlands Community Presbyterian Church

The Woodlands, TX

Contacts and Connections Committee (formerly Evangelism)

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

—Matthew 28:19-20 (NIV)

With God’s help and guidance, the Contacts and Connections Committee focuses on reaching out through a dual approach of outreach and hospitality to our friends and neighbors, visitors seeking a church home, current members and those who do not know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior to share the good news of the love of God in Christ.

To do this, the Contacts and Connections Committee:

Coordinates special events that bring people together to get to know each other and develop a relationship with a living God.
Provides training opportunities for evangelism outreach to current members so that they can be encouraged and motivated to proclaim their faith at every reasonable opportunity in daily life and to remember that the strongest evangelism is the life led by the individual.
Prepares advertising and coordinates other communications tools to reach out to seekers, making them aware of our presence and desire to know them and their needs.
Fosters a seeker and visitor-friendly environment by extending intentional hospitality to all, regardless of age, race, gender, economic status, abilities, or sexual orientation, both at the church and in our communities. Our goal is that all may better know the love extended to them through God’s grace and the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The committee meetings are announced in the Life of the Church each month.

Moderator: Steve Flynn

Our first Thanksgiving Community Dinner, organized by the Contacts and Connections Committee, with lots of help from our church family.

Our first-ever entry into the South County 4th of July parade was in 2006.

Our 2007 float—the S.S. Freedom— saluted "American Patriots," the theme for the 2007 South County Parade.

Greeters—Intentional Hospitality

The Woodlands Community Presbyterian Church is a friendly, welcoming family, and we want to extend that welcome to everyone who plans a visit with us, whether they are a one-time visitor or become a member. Our Sunday morning greeters are often the first impression a person has of our church home, and may even be the first time that person associates that smile, that warm handshake, with the love of Christianity.

Greeters should accurately represent our community. Wear what you wear to church (especially your name tag): it isn’t the clothes that make us believers. All are welcome to greet: Couples, singles, traditional and non-traditional families. If you have children bring them along. Children love to greet, shake hands, and hold doors, and the visitor realizes right off that there are children here, actively involved in the church. And your children can invite visiting children to their Sunday School as well.

As we grow, we have several points of entrance that we like to staff. The only talent that is needed is a cheery and warm welcome. We also have greeters the Information Counter and offer assistance to visitors with name tags, Sunday School class locations, Fellowship Hour, and, of course, restroom locations.

Celebrations: We celebrate our greeters in February with a “Thank You Brunch.”

Communications

Communications at The Woodlands Community Presbyterian Church include, but are not limited to, our weekly “Life of the Church,” included in Sunday morning’s bulletin; our monthly newsletter, The Good News Herald; our website (www.wcpc-tx.org); and newspaper, radio and television advertising.

If you have an interest or experience in any of these areas, we can use your assistance. There are proofreading and editing opportunities with the newsletter, design and maintenance of the website, graphics development for newspaper ads, developing and nurturing newspaper contacts, sign preparation, etc.

Evangelism Outreach

While all of the other areas are a way of reaching out to those around us—making contacts and connections—we also plan for intentional events in which we evangelize: going into the world and

“sharing the good news of the sovereign love of God and calling people to repentance, to personal faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, to active membership in the church, and to obedient service in the world”

—from the Definition of Evangelism
adopted by the 202^nd General Assembly (1990)

First, please understand that evangelism is not about increasing the size of WCPC. It is about spreading the Good News and bringing more of the un-churched to Jesus Christ. And the Good News is that God is “in our history, in our present, and will be in our future, calling us, loving us even in our unfaithfulness” (from The Good News Story, Office of Presbyterian Evangelism, PCUSA).

And so we go in the world to set this example to those around us. We do this through loving, caring events, where we can show the love that God has for us, through our actions with those with whom we have encounters. These are more personal actions. Handing someone a bottle of water as they run or walk on a pathway. Helping them to their car with an umbrella in a sudden rainstorm. Coordinating a musical or comedic act to be presented in a neighborhood location with hotdogs wil feed the spirit and the body. Offering someone a cool drink on a hot day, or a hot drink on a cool day. These are events where we can personally extend a subtle invitation to those who might be seeking God, Jesus, a church, and letting them know that we are there.

Currently, our evangelism outreach has included floats in the 4th of July parade, the Thanksgiving Community Dinner on Thanksgiving day, Christmas caroling, the Nathan Clark George concert at Northshore park, as well as CDs and booklets made available to the congregation to share the Good News with their neighbors.

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