After visiting a congregation for the first time, it can be helpful to gather with family and/or friends to talk about and reflect upon one’s experience after the visit. This Congregational Visit Milestone Moment supports this important event and provides an opportunity to talk about the visit experience and consider whether you want to move forward towards a closer relationship with the people of this congregation or that of another.

This Milestone Moment consists of two pages that are reproducible in your local setting. It can be sent in emails or printed.
· Page 1 describes the significance of the moment and the importance of observing it.
· Page 2 provides a conversation guide* that includes talking and listening to one another, reading a verse/s from the Bible, and a prayer and blessing. It includes a food for thought question on how one might show love for one’s neighbor through an act of service.

All Milestone Moment Conversation Guides are designed and based on the *Four Key Faith Formation Practices of Caring Conversations, Devotions, Rituals and Traditions, and Service. These practices encourage us to grow in our faith through personal, trusted relationships.

The Faith Community pottery stones are individually hand-crafted and available at a low cost to purchase and gift as a meaningful reminder of the Milestone Moment. They are wonderful keepsakes to remind the congregational visitor of their time with the congregation and that God is with them as they consider joining with others in a faith community.