Did you know that 68% of customers base their loyalty on how welcome they feel in your establishment? Creating a welcoming ambiance isn’t just nice; it’s crucial for building connections and ensuring everyone feels valued. In this guide, we will explore various strategies to transform your approach and learn how a simple cup of specialty coffee can contribute to making others feel welcome

Make your coffee area at church missional and intentional

A lot of creating a good welcome at church involves some steps. We’ve come up with our top tips to using your coffee station for a good welcome.

The first impression, the first 30 seconds. We’ve all no doubt heard various opinions and even research on how this goes. When you meet a new person, you naturally judge them immediately. This is not necessarily negative judgment, just a human response to your brain asking questions like, ‘do I like you, do you like me?’ They say we take about 30 seconds to form a fairly solid opinion, then the future relationship can unpick and change some of this formed idea.

Let’s be honest, anyone can pour a coffee! I don’t know about you, but I’ve had varied experiences in hospitality. These are the three versions I tend to bracket them in: the flapper, the functional, the host. Read more..

What better positioning for a church than right in the middle of a leisure shopping complex. Christchurch planted a church into Xscape Yorkshire leisure complex over 10 years ago and as well as doing church services in their unit, they have a cafe as their welcome.