The Invite Welcome Connect (IWC) Support Team of the Episcopal Church in Delaware will champion:
- Evangelism
- Hospitality
- Belongingness
- Good News of Jesus Christ
- Determine your strengths and opportunities
- Share faith stories and give an invitation
- Be a part of the community
- Collaborate
- Connect with local and social media
- Let others know they are invited through clear and updated communications, e.g. signage, website, social media
- PADLET LINK HERE
- Provide welcoming first impressions
- Assemble greeting and welcoming teams
- Create welcome tools
- Arrange a newcomer ministry
- Extend follow-up to visitors
- PADLET LINK HERE
Digital Front Porch
- Connect and reconnect with visitors and community
- Hold events, parish activities, education, classes, get-together
- Discern your gifts, strengths, and vocations
- Connect with people and ministry
- Shepherd newcomers
- Be accountable, communicate, nurture, and support IWC
- PADLET LINK HERE
Invite Welcome Connect
Support Team
- 2019 Evangelism and Growth Conference
- Bishop Brown’s call for volunteers
- IWC certified coach training
- We accepted the call … WILL YOU?
- Diverse team
- From parishes of different sizes, geographies, and communities
- In collaboration with the Mission Support Staff and other partners
- Promoting ministry of Invite Welcome Connect founded by Mary Parmer
Team members:
- Carol Schofield, Christ Church, Delaware City
- Donna Cain, Church of the Nativity, New Castle
- Frank Cerniglia, Brandywine Collaborative Ministries, Wilmington
- Jonathan Barrett, Immanuel Church, New Castle
- Mark Owen, St. John the Baptist, Milton
- Nancy Talmo, Church of the Nativity, New Castle
- Sandra Criscimagna, St. John the Baptist, Milton
- Teri Quinn Gray, St. Thomas’s, Newark
- The Rev. Howell Sasser, St. Thomas’s, Newark
- Lachecha Sheppard, St. Stephen’s, Harrington
- Advise, guide, and assist
- Resource to parishes
- Best practices for implementing Invite Welcome Connect culture
- Welcoming all
- Promoting inclusiveness
- Discerning ministry opportunities
- Evangelizing the Good News
- Brainstorming
Letter from the IWC support team: Follow-up on 2020-21 parish visitations
To get started inviting, welcoming, and connecting in your parish, contact:
- Sandra Criscimagna
- iwc@delaware.church
We are the
Delaware Episcopal Branch
of the Jesus Movement
