“Repetition is the price of knowledge.” Dr. Keith Lamb, Doctorate in Theology

Over the past seven years these devotionals have repeated the gospel message over and over again. The messages of life in the Kingdom have been repeated. It is not that we forget these important messages, but to remind us that new believers come along all the time and they need to be greeted. In that spirit, let us talk about greeters.

Psalm 44:1-3 English Standard Version

To the choirmaster. A Maskil[Song] of the Sons of Korah. 

1 O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old: 2 you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free; 3 for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.

Some of the sons of Korah were greeters.

1 Chronicles 9:19 English Standard Version (ESV) Shallum the son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his fathers’ house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance.

The position of greeter is a venerated position with a long history of service to God. We should look to the service of the greeters with respect and honor because it is not only our first opportunity to shine a light upon the lost but they are our first line of defense of the gospel.

Greeters are a valued member of our fellowship and it should be considered an honor to be chosen to serve in that capacity. Greeters can influence the growth of a church just by being gracious to strangers. They are the welcoming committee. 

Greeters are worthy of praise, honor them as they greet us.