Microchurches 97. Creating a Culture of Welcome - Microchurch Life Ep. 2
Feb 25, 2026
Sheri Lee, co-leader at Perch House Church, builds neighborly house-church hospitality. Lindsay Carr, leader with Well Built Cities, runs a drop-in center serving vulnerable neighbors and trafficking survivors. They talk about hospitality as discipleship, welcoming marginalized people, practical practices that grow community, teamwork and boundaries, and simple, no-cost ways anyone can welcome others.
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Use Small Rituals To Welcome Newcomers
- Make simple, repeatable practices to welcome newcomers, like celebrating them, giving a small gift, and inviting them to help with dinner.
- Sherry used a candy-bar welcome, 30-second life stories, and a playlist addition on second visits to integrate guests.
Follow Up To Move Guests Into Family
- Hospitality must be ongoing: follow up and remember visitors between meetings to integrate them into the family.
- Lindsay stresses initial welcomes plus continued invitations and personal check-ins to move guests into community.
Distribute Ownership With Strength-Based Roles
- Teach ownership by inviting core members to treat new people like friends they brought and give them concrete roles.
- Lindsay recommends spotting each person's strengths and assigning hospitality tasks that match those gifts.
