Showing Hospitality: "Keep on Welcoming"

As the college semester gets underway we have had several new faces. By God's grace, this is not just the case at the start of a semester (we regularly have new comers). I ran across a helpful article from Samuel Freney on the topic of welcoming new comers. He provides some helpful advice. The headings are

1. Weeks three, four, and beyond are also key (idea is to keep talking to the returning visitor)
2. Names are important (remembering some basic facts about the person helps them feel welcome)
3. Avoid conversation they've already heard six times that morning (instead talk about the sermon, etc.).

It is short article and worth a read.