What Do You Do When It Rains at Your Church?

Overnight rain lingering into the morning redirected my original thoughts for today.

Rainy days, especially on Sundays and other days you have worship, can be a real challenge - for guests and for your regular attenders and members.


What do you do when it rains?

Maybe your facility has a covered drop-off area and it's not much of a problem. Many churches don't have that option. Now what?

Here are a few "rainy day thoughts" you might consider:

• Make sure your parking team is dressed appropriately for the weather (unless it's cold, simple ponchos work great)
• Purchase a quantity of large golf umbrellas (with your logo!)
• Recruit extra team members if possible to walk guests from the parking lot to the entrance, holding the umbrella for them
• Or give them an umbrella to use walking from their car to the entrance
• Coordinate with your greeter team the logistics of running umbrellas back and forth as needed
• Reverse the process when the worship experience is over
• Rain usually slows people down - plan for latecomers
• Umbrellas left at the entrance can get tangled up in a mess pretty quickly; organize them neatly
• Rain means wet floors, especially near entrances; alert the housekeeping/custodial crews so that the floors can be kept as dry as possible to prevent slips and falls
• Rainy days mean visibility is less than optimum; have flashlights and directional lights available as needed
• Rainy days are an opportunity to encourage your congregation to be servants; take a look at this post to see what I mean

That's just a few ideas - what can you add to the conversation?