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Ed’s Inviting Invitation, by Gini Kittle

Recently, the lead pastor at our church encouraged us to invite people to a service. When he did this, I thought of what my dad does! My dad’s name is Ed (short for Edwin Waldemar Carlson). When he would invite people to visit his church, he would always tell them that if they came, he would take them out for Swedish pancakes after the service (giving them an added incentive to go!).

If you can't afford to take people to lunch afterwards, invite them to your home for lunch. As a sign in my sister’s kitchen says, “Made dinner for two and four show up? Add more water to the soup!” Let’s not only be willing to extend invitations to those we know … and let’s do our best to make our invitations inviting!