Secret Shopper
I mentioned last week that I’m beginning a new project with ARC. This is something I’m pretty excited about and hopefully will lead to me meeting you and your team.
ARC now offers a very informative, encouraging and fruitful experience for your church: the Secret Shopper (mystery worshipper). Beginning August 2009, ARC will be lining up visits to churches across the country by one of the ARC’s staff – me.
Here’s the info that we’re sending ARC churches:
The Secret Shopper has produced worship services for a mega-church for the last 6 years and has served on a Worship & Arts staff for the last 15 years. The Secret Shopper also produced several large conferences including Leadership Network’s Innovation3 Conference, Catalyst OneDay and the Rebecca St. James’s SHE Conference.
This service to your church will include an eye on everything from your church’s parking lot, lobby, nursery, facilities, signage, restrooms, overall feel and a main focus on the worship experience including music, technology/media and preaching.
For a small, one-time investment of $750 (plus travel expenses) for a church of 300 or less OR $1000 (plus travel) for churches of 300 or more, your church can have a trained professional with a heart for ARC DNA churches come into your church and critique, encourage and challenge your team. Feedback will be given in a meeting after the last morning worship service.
I’m blogging about this here because this is a service that I’d like to do for any and all churches interested, not just ARC churches. For more information and to book me as a Secret Shopper for your church, email me at greg@gregatkinson.com.
August 10th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
I believe this was highlighted a few years ago in a book called, “The Five Star Church: Helping Your Church Provide the Highest Level of Service to God and His People” , which I read when I was interning for the pastorate.
We all think we’re “friendly” and “effective” but these “secret shoppers” can really tell the church if they are living in their own alternate reality.
http://www.amazon.com/Five-Star-Church-Helping-Pr...
August 11th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
What a fantastic Idea!
August 15th, 2009 at 2:10 am
I'm sure a lot of churches will benefit from your experience and insight. I'll pass this on to the churches that I am involved with and wish you all the best.
August 20th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
This is a genius idea!!
I did something like this and was shocked at what I found out. Rather than bore you with the details here's a link that documents the experience: http://repairerofthebreach.wordpress.com/2009/02/...
Be blessed!
P.S.;If you want Part 2 let me know
August 21st, 2009 at 11:38 pm
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