The following was posted by Abraham over at the Desiring God blog.  It seems that it would be helpful both in building relationships for the gospel and in getting to know our body.  See if you can apply it this weekend.

Here’s a tip from Chris Brogan on how to make the public events you attend more useful on a personal level:

If you’re at a conference and you’re really digging the speaker, look around the audience for other vigorously nodding heads. Everyone else is going to try and talk with the speaker. You should go seek out the other audience member who seemed to get it. See if there’s a connection there.

He’s writing about how to market yourself, but it’s good advice for just making friends and being personable, too.

And it doesn’t only apply to conferences. I’d say try this at your church. Events where a bunch of people get together for a common cause are the easiest places to start conversations from scratch.

Here’s a challenge (maybe more of a challenge if you’re part of a small fellowship): Don’t leave church on a Sunday morning without introducing yourself to at least one new person.

Isn’t it unfortunate that so many people come and go on Sundays without having face-to-face interaction with anyone other than who they came with? It’s especially hard on visitors or people who come by themselves. The best way for me, as just one guy, to combat this problem is to make sure I never leave without talking to someone new. Then I know for sure that at least one other person that morning talked to someone new, too.

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