Does your church have a designated parking space for first time guests? Do guests actually use that space? How well does your church recognize and follow-up with 1st time guests?

I generally will not park in a 1st time guest space on a Sunday morning, even if I am a first time guest. I feel like if you park in that space, then you put a “bulls-eye” on yourself and you get the “royal treatment” as a guest. At one church, it appeared as if there were two people watching for people parking in the visitor spots. Since I was familiar with the church, I did not park there so I do not know what would have happened if we did. Continue reading →