Invest Wisely in the First Impressions of the Church

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I posted on my twitter (@kerrymackey) back in the spring of 2010, the following.  In recent consulting I found it necessary to repeat. “Pastors, invest wisely in first impressions or no one will be in the seats to hear you.” Seriously, if we would invest the same amount of resources helping people bridge the gap [...]

Has it really been this long since I posted on Street to the Seat?

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After speaking today with a Pastor in Reno, NV. about Street to the Seat and helping them evaluate their churches need in taking better next steps in the area of First Impressions and Assimilation it hit me.  I am SO sorry that I’ve neglected you guys/gals here on Street to the Seat.  It has been [...]

Who’s answering your phone?

Here is a simple first impression most persons never even think about.  Who’s answering your phone.  Nine times out of ten the person answering your church phone makes or breaks the impression. Not only who, but how they answer the phone is very important.  And if no one answers then the voice message is just [...]

First Impression Thoughts for Easter

Here is an article revisited that I wrote back in 2008 as you think about this upcoming weekend.  I believe this continues to have value to this very day. _________________ In a recent national survey (2008), most Americans said they’d accept an invitation to attend a church during Easter season if someone would simply invite [...]

Words that drive me, “Is this what your Jesus told you to do?”

These were the words Matt Casper asked me in the fall of 2007.  I will always be grateful to Matt for challenging me.  I hear them ringing in my ears each and every day of my life since. Is this what your Jesus told you to do? Probably the greatest question I’ve been asked in [...]

Customer Service – a back porch discussion

This past week I was hanging with some really great friends in the North Texas area.  During our time together while hanging out on the back porch at their house we had a great discussion on “customer service”. Just a couple of nuggets from that discussion that I think are paramount for us to understand [...]

Relationships before Rules

Ok… hang with me on this one.  It is 2:00 a.m. California time and 5:00 a.m. Florida time… on the 17th of September 2009 and I haven’t been to bed. My body is on Florida time, but I just had to share this thought with you. For the past 5 hours a friend of mine [...]

First Impressions Team Covenant – idea

I have had several persons ask for a sample First Impressions Team Covenant so here is an idea for you to consider.  Feel free to use this one or modify and make your own. Team Covenant In order to assure that our team is healthy and that we are accomplishing our ministry in a manner [...]