Whether it’s the holidays or simply an invitation for coffee and dessert in your kitchen, here are six simple things anyone can do to make their guests feel welcome and at home.
Six Tips To Help You Be a Gracious Hostess
Tag: hospitality
A Quiet Respite Served with Christian Hospitality
Happy Monday, friends! We were on the road this past weekend with D and D ministries. It was a joy to speak at a church staff training and encourage the folk regarding their ministries where they serve. I had the blessing of speaking to the women in a split session. Dale preached three times on Saturday and three times on Sunday. I guess you could say we jumped into the fall schedule with both feet! It was a blessing!
We stayed overnight in the home of Church members, and we were served so sweetly. Our gracious hosts served in such a way that made it seem easy. Yet it’s humbling to be the guest because I know how much work goes into that. I always pray for our hosts the week before we go, knowing the load that they carry.
The gracious people who housed us worked ahead before we got there. I could see it in every detail.
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While we serve at The Wilds this summer and befriend the sponsors who bring their kids to camp, I have the blessing of teaching a ladies’ session each Wednesday afternoon. As a part of our time together, I long to show hospitality and create fellowship among the women. It’s a bit challenging, but I believe if we ask the Lord how we can be hospitable, He will make a way.
As I prayed about how to do that this summer, the Lord brought my Strawberry Freezer Jam from last summer to mind. I made a lot, and it needs to be eaten! I wondered how I could use it, then I thought of Hot Pepper Jelly poured over cream cheese. I knew that would make a great little snack to serve my new friends at camp! Then I set to work to turn my freezer jam into hot pepper jelly! It was an easy task!
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Practical Ways to Show Gospel Hospitality
You can listen to this post here on Refresh Her podcast.
When it comes to hospitality, Southerners may think they have a corner on the market, but just what is it, really?
Hospitality – Using what I have with a loving, generous spirit to point another person to our generous God.
The focus is Christ – not me, not my cooking, not my home.
We usually think of hospitality as having someone in our home for a meal, but it can take on many forms. While I have appreciated the hospitality of many when they invited us over for fellowship, I’m fairly certain that the times when we were “needy” and we were served by others has been the times that touched my heart the deepest.
I’m thinking about a time when my husband had emergency retina surgery.
Be a Gracious Guest
As we get ready to head into the official “holiday season” with Thanksgiving less than a week away, let’s get our hearts, minds and gracious spirits ready to enjoy being hosed in someone else’s home.
I’ve shared this list in the past, but I wanted to give you some simple ideas of what you could do to show your appreciation for the one that has opened their home to you. Whether it’s for the whole, big, complex Thanksgiving meal, or you’re invited over for a simple gathering, remember that the effort to open their doors to you in just that – an effort. They’ve sacrificed something to invite you. Your host is opening their heart to you in doing so! A gracious way to say thank you, is to respond in kind. How so? Here you go…
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