Welcome Team Checklist
as of June 20, 2025
Goal: Provide a friendly and welcoming atmosphere for guests and regular attendees that portrays the character and heart of Jesus. Here’s how:
Before 1st Service
Set up tithing station
Set up tent
Get in position
8:50 AM - Open worship center doors
- Get the giving iPad out of the hallway electrical closet, turn it on, open the vanco app, and place it on the stand in the giving area of lobby (key to electrical closet is in admin office)
- Make sure giving boxes have pens and envelopes (envelopes located in black cabinet where food is set up)
Set up tent
- Set up the red tent in front of patio entrance
Get in position
- Person 1 – Under red tent, outside of the patio area
- Person 2 – Outside of main lobby doors, opening the door for each guest
- Person 3 – Entrance into worship center
8:50 AM - Open worship center doors
- Help people in wheelchairs get to the worship center. Let them choose where to sit and remove a chair from the end of that row so the wheelchair can join the row
- Greet everyone with a welcome and a smile
- Help identify people who are looking lost or new - connect them with someone from guest connections team
During Each Service
Take a headcount
- Once the sermon begins, do the headcount.
- One person needs to stand in back left of room and count everyone, including any adults in lobby
- One person needs to stand in back right of room and count everyone (this includes people in seats, the worship team, and anyone in the lobby.)
- Check with each other to make sure you got the same number (within 3 people)
- Text the headcount number to Michelle Arant (803-533-9084)
- Sit in the back of the room if attending service
Between Services
Return to positions as soon as sermon ends
Set Music - Make sure music can be heard in the lobby (volume control knob is in the giving station)
Connect Cards - If you see someone walking out with a connect card, walk them to the connections desk
Close Doors - Close the worship center doors once everyone exits so that the room can be reset
Stay in position until 10:45 AM
- Person 1 – Under red tent, outside of the patio area
- Person 2 – Outside of main lobby doors, opening the door for each guest
- Person 3 – Entrance into worship center
Set Music - Make sure music can be heard in the lobby (volume control knob is in the giving station)
Connect Cards - If you see someone walking out with a connect card, walk them to the connections desk
Close Doors - Close the worship center doors once everyone exits so that the room can be reset
Stay in position until 10:45 AM
After 2nd Service
Return to positions as soon as sermon ends
Set Music - Make sure music can be heard in the lobby (volume control knob is in the giving station)
Connect Cards - If you see someone walking out with a connect card, walk them to the connections desk
**Put up tithing iPad** (15 min after the service ends)
Put up tent
- Person 1 – Under red tent, outside of the patio area
- Person 2 – Outside of main lobby doors, opening the door for each guest
- Person 3 – Entrance into worship center
Set Music - Make sure music can be heard in the lobby (volume control knob is in the giving station)
Connect Cards - If you see someone walking out with a connect card, walk them to the connections desk
**Put up tithing iPad** (15 min after the service ends)
- Turn off the giving iPad and put it back in the electrical closet.
Put up tent
- Take down the red tent and put it in the office hallway