Welcome is a spiritual practice. It takes constant doing and stretching for our welcome to grow. We practice welcome in our congregations by:

• Promoting inclusivity and using inclusive language
• Creating welcoming spaces, including gender neutral bathrooms
• Saying our welcome out loud and in print and online
• Building our welcoming skills (PDF) as congregational leaders and greeters
• Deepening our understanding of identities that differ from our own
• Offering sexuality education for the entire lifespan
• Preventing discrimination in the process of hiring a minister
• Engaging in justice ministry in our communities and the wider world
• Regularly engaging in Welcoming Congregation programming and ministry