It was this brief clip that has pushed me towards wearing handwritten sticker name tags at our new Saturday Church and for the next four weeks at Evening Church.
And it has been received really well. We love our brothers and sisters, we love those who are looking for God, but sometimes we just don't know their names. And this is the only thing that stops us talking to them.
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Just to give context - we have on average about 160 adults now at Sunday Evening Church and 90 at Saturday Church.
I am a firm believer in name tags. Some people hate the dagginess aspect of it but I think the usefullness outweighs it. I can't remember the last time I went to a church that didn't encourage the wearing of name tags.
Can I ask why you want hand written tags rahter than pre printed ones?
Hi Lucy! We will do printed ones as well as hand written ones over the next couple of weeks. We'll move in that direction. It's just that we have a lot of new people at the moment.
I think they can be daggy if done badly, but you are right - they are really, really useful and a way to help people love each other.
I reckon one of the keys is to have someone managing the name tags as their dedicated job. They are responsible for updating the list every week and for making sure new people get name tags printed the following week. At one church I went to the kids had name tags printed too which helped the Sunday School teachers enormously.
I watched this ad again and I think it is the funniest ad I have seen for a long time.
I love his smile at beginning; the hypocrisy of the false friendship that happen at work; and the punch line. I think it is a terrible ad in another respect as it does not make me want to buy soup - continental or other kind.
A picture of cold day, a warm fire and a cup-a-soup would have done the trick much more.
"A picture of cold day, a warm fire and a cup-a-soup would have done the trick much more."
Definitely a product of a previous generation :-) haven't you noticed that to appeal to us ad-savvy young ones, they make ads that have nothing to do with the actual product? We just need to think the company is cool and we'll buy from them.
Yeah - but is it you young savvy types who will buy cup-a-soup?
We have name tags for kids at our church.
Pretty quickly we figured out the best way to use these is to stick them on the BACKS of the children.
Then you know who is running away.
And they can't take them off.
It's a little thing, but it really makes a difference (especially with 50+ kids running rampant).
I can understand where you're coming from re the nametags. And I agree with RodeoClown that having them on the kids backs is good - that's what we do in creche.
But I dislike wearing them. There's a few reasons why and also from things people have said to me in previous churches eg:
* As a female I would have various comments directed at me due to where a nametag sits on your chest(eg "Oh, that one's called "Jess", what's the other one's name?")
* Being short I have felt uncomfortable with males looking down at me and having a nametag to "stare at".
* Depending on the nametag, there can be some social "one-up-man-ship" eg most people would have the standard name tag, but then others would come with their "special" silver and gold one that makes them stand out"
* I like the idea of the stick-on nametags each week. It can feel a bit out of place if you're new or visiting and you don't have the "official" nametag. The stick-on ones could be useful as everyone would have the same tag.
* I actually like the anonymity which comes from not wearing a nametag. But that's just me.
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