Building a culture of Christlike hospitality isn't easy. That's why we created Welcome Home—a step-by-step course to help you establish a sustainable Hospitality Ministry where every visitor truly feels at home. Transform your parish from merely offering warm greetings to becoming a home that embraces, integrates, and empowers newcomers to grow in faith alongside you.

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The Challenge of Hospitality: Why Welcome Home Is Needed Now

Across the country, Orthodox parishes are seeing more new faces each week. It’s a beautiful opportunity, but many clergy are finding themselves overwhelmed by the responsibility of making each visitor feel genuinely welcomed and known. Without a structured approach, visitors may feel initially greeted but lack a path toward meaningful connection and integration into the community.

Welcome Home is the solution to this challenge. Created to address the core issues of Hospitality Ministry, this course will guide you and your parish through the essential steps to build a ministry that’s organized, sustainable, and impactful. From establishing a welcoming team to fostering a culture of Christlike hospitality, Welcome Home will equip your parish with everything it needs to welcome and retain newcomers with grace and intentionality.

Welcome Home is designed for Orthodox clergy who are ready to lead a culture of hospitality in their parishes, as well as ministry leaders and parish teams who will bring this vision to life.

This course is ideal for those who:

  • Are seeing an increase in visitors each week and want to create a welcoming environment that makes newcomers feel genuinely connected.

  • Feel overwhelmed by the challenge of welcoming each visitor but know that, with a team in place, it can be done well.

  • Want to establish a hospitality ministry that reflects Christ’s love but need practical guidance on how to get started.

  • Believe in fostering a culture of hospitality where parish members share the responsibility for welcoming others.

By the end of this course, you will:

  • Know how to create a clear, structured hospitality ministry that shares responsibility across a committed team.

  • Know exactly how to make every newcomer feel included and valued.

  • Be equipped with practical tools and strategies to ensure your hospitality ministry is effective and sustainable.

  • Cultivate a parish culture where every member feels responsible for welcoming others, making hospitality an ongoing ministry for the entire Body of Christ.

What You’ll Get in Welcome Home 

For only $247, you get:

3 Lessons for the Priest or Parish Leader to define a vision and choose the right team leader. This requires just one hour of your time to define a vision of hospitality for your parish. We’ll walk you through every step and provide examples to make it easy.

  • Welcome, Father: Introduction to the importance of intentional hospitality

  • Your Hospitality Vision: Clarifying your vision for hospitality

  • Choosing the Right Leader: Selecting a leader to guide the ministry

3 Lessons for the Hospitality Team Leader to prepare to build and lead the ministry.

  • Welcome, Hospitality Leader: Introduction for the team leader

  • Choosing the Right Team: How to recruit the right people

  • Inviting Your Team Members: Steps for inviting and engaging the team

1 Half-Day Team Training for your hospitality team, covering skills for welcoming newcomers.

4 Worksheets for planning, reflecting, and documenting your approach to hospitality.

Leader Guide that provides best practices and guidance for building an effective team.

Hospitality Team Workbook to ensure everyone is aligned and prepared.

How It Works

  1. Define the Priest’s Vision. In just one hour, clergy can establish a clear, Christ-centered vision for hospitality that aligns with the unique needs of the parish. Welcome Home walks you through the entire process step-by-step, providing examples and tools to make it simple and stress-free.

  2. Enable Your Leader. Identify and empower a dedicated leader to take charge of hospitality efforts and guide the team in bringing the vision to life.

  3. Equip Your Team. The leader and team complete the course, gaining the tools and strategies needed to build a welcoming, sustainable ministry.

  4. Implement and Grow. The team puts their training into action, creating a welcoming ministry that continues to grow and evolve with the community.

Dear Friends in Christ,

As Orthodox Christians, we know that hospitality is not simply a nice gesture; it’s a call from God to welcome the stranger, to offer comfort to those who are seeking, and to build community within the Body of Christ. Over the past months, I've spoken with so many clergy who are feeling the weight of this responsibility. They know how important it is, but they’re struggling to find the time, structure, and support to do it well.

That’s why we’ve designed Welcome Home to be as simple as possible—requiring just one hour of your time to define your vision of hospitality. From there, we’ll guide your team leader to build and grow a sustainable ministry, so you can focus on your pastoral work.

This course was born out of our team’s own experiences in our parishes and the insights we’ve gathered from clergy across the country. We’ve designed it to be simple, practical, and effective—a resource that will help you bring Christlike hospitality to life in your parish in a way that doesn’t add to your workload but instead strengthens your ministry.

If you need for a clear path forward in welcoming newcomers, I invite you to join us. Together, we can continue to transform our parishes into places of belonging, where every visitor feels like they’ve truly come home.

In Christ,
Michelle Moujaes
Executive Director, Faithtree Resources

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Welcome Home is designed to help parishes either build or strengthen their hospitality efforts. Even if you have an existing ministry, this course provides structure, tools, and strategies that can take it to the next level.

  • Welcome Home is self-paced, so you can work through it at your preferred spead. The course consists of manageable modules that can be implemented one step at a time.

  • Not at all! While clergy may initiate the Hospitality Ministry, this course is ideal for ministry leaders, parish teams, and anyone involved in welcoming newcomers.

  • Welcome Home is designed to be efficient and impactful. Within just a few hours, clergy and leaders can establish a clear hospitality plan that reflects the parish’s needs. The course also includes a half-day training session that equips the entire team with the skills and confidence needed to launch and sustain your ministry. This streamlined approach makes it easy to get started quickly without overwhelming your schedule.

  • Welcome Home is designed to help any church, regardless of denomination, create a welcoming and structured Hospitality Ministry. While Faithtree Resources serves Orthodox communities, the principles and tools in this course are universal and can help any faith community foster a culture of true hospitality and connection.

  • If you purchase the course by November 20, we’ll reach out to schedule the Q&A session and provide your Foundations of Faith card decks.

  • No problem! We’re here to help. If you have any questions that aren’t covered in this FAQ, contact us at info@faithtree.org. We’d love to assist you!

Are You Ready to Build a Culture of
Christlike Hospitality?

Your parish has the potential to be a place of true belonging, where every visitor feels welcomed, valued, and connected. With Welcome Home, you’ll have the tools to build a sustainable Hospitality Ministry that reflects the love and welcome of Christ.