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I keep meeting new people every week but no contact cards or info are turning up. Is that odd?

Actually, it’s pretty typical. I mean, let’s face it…who of us wants to fill out that stuff. We get enough spam as it is, we get enough phone calls that we don’t want to get as it is and filling out a guest card just feels like an invitation for more invasion.

After church this Sunday, I had family write down their email address. I got home. Couldn’t read the writing. I tried 4 different variations of the email. I got 3 mailer-demons back. Hopefully it got through or some random family got directions to Lake Nixon.

So what exactly is the solution? The first lesson I learned is get multiple contact points from people. Like a phone number would have been smart.

The other piece is ya’ll as leaders. It’s easy to get the first part of meeting someone new out of the way - like name, school/work, new to town, new to Grace? The second part is risky but I think worth it.

“Are you interested in checking out a LIFE Group?” “Can I get a number and email address to reach you with directions and times?”

It’s a little thing, but I think it’s a start. And no - not every one is going to be peachy keen on giving out their info. But I think more people than not are going to be flattered to even be invited.

I’ve got more random thoughts about what happens after they show up…but I save that for a later post.