Let’s Meet, Greet, Welcome and Love Everyone

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The number one “sign” of the true Church of God is “love for one another”—“love of the brethren” (John 13:34-35; 1 John 3:14-23). Naturally people often judge a congregation by how friendly it is, so we must be alert to the fact that some people need immediate attention or extra attention, including new attendees, visitors, shy people, etc. (see 1 Corinthians 12:12-27). We must avoid having “unintentional cliques.” Likewise, adults should be friendly toward children and children should be taught to be friendly toward adults. In summary, the God-ordained responsibility of each member is to meet, greet, welcome and love everyone in our church fellowship.
Welcoming new members to church
Donald Hooser

Don Hooser is a minister for the United Church of God. He lives in McKinney, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.  He and his wife Elsie had three children, and she died in August 2020.  Don married Judy in January 2022.  Mr. Hooser graduated in 1963 from Southern Methodist University with a degree in mechanical engineering, and graduated in 1966 from Ambassador College, Big Sandy, Texas.  For most of the time since then, he served as the pastor of churches in Ohio, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington. From 2011 until his retirement in 2021, his primary responsibility was answering the many letters written to the Church.