Church Welcome Speeches That Make Every Visitor Feel at Home

Good morning, church family. It is a joy to welcome you today in the name of Jesus. Whether you have been part of this church for years or this is your first Sunday with us, we are grateful you are here. Today we gather to worship God, hear his Word, pray together, and encourage one another. If you are visiting, please know there is room for you here. You do not need to have everything figured out to be welcome in this place. Our prayer is that you would encounter the kindness of God and leave strengthened for the week ahead. Let us turn our hearts toward worship together.

Gbi kpakpa kɛ shidaa. Eŋɔɔ wɔ naa waa akɛ oyɛ biɛ ŋmɛnɛ. Kɛji oji mɔ hee yɛ wɔŋɔɔ lɛ, shidaa aha bo akɛ okɛ o-Hɔgbaa lɛ ye yɛ biɛ. Wɔhiɛnɔkamɔ lɛ yɛ mlɛo: akɛ mɔ fɛɛ mɔ ni yɔɔ tsu nɛɛ mli lɛ baanu he akɛ ana lɛ, ahere lɛ atuu, ni afɔ̃ lɛ nine koni ekɛ Nyɔŋmɔ akpee. Wɔbaajá, wɔbaasɔle, wɔbaagbele Ŋmalɛ lɛ mli, ni wɔbaaha gbɛ aha Yesu ni ekɛ wɔ awie. Mumɔ, okɛ ohe awo mli, ni ole akɛ oyɛ biɛ ŋmɛnɛ. Nyɛ ha nɛ waa pee kake kɛ ja.

Gbi kpakpa, mɔ fɛɛ mɔ. Mɔ fɛɛ mɔ ni baafata wɔhe klɛŋklɛŋ kwraa lɛ heheremɔ krɛdɛɛ ko. Wɔle akɛ ebaanyɛ ebi ekãa dani obote sɔlemɔ ko ni oleee mli, ni wɔbuuu nakai sane lɛ akɛ nɔ ko bibioo. Jeee nɔ ni tsiɔ wɔ leebi lɛ naa ji bo; nikeenii ji bo kɛha wɔ. Ofainɛ, feemɔ oya ni okɛ ohe awo mli babaoo loo fioo bɔ ni osumɔɔ. Kɛji oyɛ sanebimɔi yɛ sɔɔmɔ lɛ sɛɛ lɛ, wɔ kuu lɛ baasumɔ ni amɛkɛ bo akpee ni amɛye amɛbua bo ni ona gbɛ ni obaanyɛ otsɔ nɔ. Ŋmɛnɛ wɔyɛ biɛ ejaakɛ Yesu hereɔ wɔ hiɛmɛɛ klɛŋklɛŋ, ni wɔmiisumɔ ni mɔ fɛɛ mɔ ni baa kɛtsɔ shinaai nɛɛ anɔ lɛ anu nakai hiɛmɛɛ lɛ he.

Ohiɛ ahi ohe nɔ ni ohere bo kɛba gbijurɔyeli sɔlemɔ krɛdɛɛ nɛɛ mli. Ŋmɛnɛ wɔkaiɔ Nyɔŋmɔ anɔkwayeli lɛ yɛ sɔlemɔ nɛɛ sane lɛ fɛɛ mli. Wɔdaa shi yɛ mɛi ni sɔle, sɔmɔ, ha, here akutso nɛɛ atuu, tsɔɔ nii, ni amɛwo akutso nɛɛ mli yɛ bei srɔtoi amli lɛ ahewɔ. Shi jeee sɛɛkwɛmɔ pɛ ji ŋmɛnɛ. Eji wɔ wɔsɛɛ be ni wɔkɛaaha Nuŋtsɔ lɛ hu. Nyɔŋmɔ kome too lɛ nɔŋŋ ni eye anɔkwa yɛ wɔsɛɛ lɛ nyiɛɔ wɔhiɛ kɛ duromɔ. Kɛji akɛ oji kuu lɛ mlinyo ni ehi shi be kakadaŋŋ, gbɔ ni eba nyɛsɛɛ nɛɛ, loo naanyo ko ni kɛ ehe wo gbijurɔyeli lɛ mli lɛ, eŋɔɔ wɔ naa akɛ oyɛ biɛ. Nyɛhaa wɔkɛ shidaa kɛ hemɔkɛyeli hee ajaa yɛ nɔ ni Nyɔŋmɔ baafee yɛ sɛɛ mli lɛ he.

Blonya kpakpa kɛ shidaa. Eŋɔɔ wɔ naa waa akɛ ohala akɛ okɛ wɔ baaye gbijurɔ ŋmɛnɛ. Blonya haa wɔleɔ akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ tsiii ehe kɛjɛɛɛ je ni esumɔɔ lɛ he. Yɛ Yesu mli lɛ, ebɛŋkɛ - kɛbote shihilɛ folo mli, shiai folo mli, kɛ tsui folo mli. Kɛji akɛ be nɛɛ nuɔ he akɛ miishɛɛ, eyɛ tsii, ebɛ deka, loo eyɛ mlɛo jio lɛ, ahere bo atuu yɛ biɛ. Ŋmɛnɛ wɔbaala, wɔbaasɔle, wɔbaabo Blonya sane lɛ toi, ni wɔbaakai hiɛnɔkamɔ ni atswa he adafi aha tookwɛlɔi lɛ: sanekpakpa ni ji miishɛɛ kpele kɛha gbɔmɛi fɛɛ. Kristo toiŋjɔlɛ lɛ akpe nyɛ be mli ni wɔfeɔ ekome kɛjáa lɛ.

Easter kpakpa kɛ shidaa. Ŋmɛnɛ wɔyeɔ sane ni hi fe fɛɛ yɛ je lɛŋ lɛ he gbijurɔ: Yesu ete shi. Gbele bɛ naagbee wiemɔ, esha bɛ naagbee wiemɔ, ni hiɛnɔkamɔ ni bɛ lɛ bɛ naagbee wiemɔ. Kɛji oyi obɔ kɛ hemɔkɛyeli ŋmɛnɛ lɛ, heremɔ bo atuu. Kɛji okɛ sanebimɔi, awerɛhoyeli, loo yiŋkɔshikɔshifeemɔ miihiɛ lɛ, heremɔ bo atuu. Easter jeee nyɔmɔwoo kɛha gbɔmɛi ni yɔɔ fɛɛ lɛ; eji ninefɔ̃ɔ kɛha shihilɛ hee kɛtsɔ Yesu nɔ. Wɔmii shi akɛ oyɛ biɛ koni okɛ wɔ aye gbijurɔ. Nyɛhaa wɔwoa wɔgbee nɔ ni wɔjáa Maŋtsɛ ni ete shi lɛ.

Wɔhere bo atuu, mɔ fɛɛ mɔ. Ŋmɛnɛ gbɛkɛ nɛɛ ji nikeenii ejaakɛ wɔnine shɛɔ nɔ ni wɔbua wɔhe naa yɛ yinɔi amli ni wɔhaa gbɛ wɔhaa wɔ oblahii kɛ oblayei lɛ koni amɛnyiɛ hiɛ, amɛsɔmɔ, amɛsɔle, ni amɛjá. Kɛha nikaselɔ fɛɛ nikaselɔ ni yɔɔ biɛ lɛ: jeee bo pɛ ji sɔlemɔ lɛ wɔsɛɛ be; nyɛfata sɔlemɔ lɛ he bianɛ. Ogbee he hia, osanebimɔi lɛ he hia, ni ohemɔkɛyeli lɛ hu he hia. Kɛha fɔlɔi, hiɛnyiɛlɔi, kɛ nanemɛi, shidaa aha nyɛ akɛ nyɛjie nyɛhe kpo ni nyɛwo amɛ hewalɛ. Wɔheɔ wɔyeɔ akɛ Nyɔŋmɔ wieɔ kɛhaa yinɔ fɛɛ yinɔ kɛtsɔ yinɔ fɛɛ yinɔ nɔ. No hewɔ lɛ nyɛhaa wɔbaa ni wɔfee klalo akɛ wɔbaabo toi, wɔbajá kɛ hewalɛ, ni wɔwo wɔhe hewalɛ yɛ Yesu mli.

Ohiɛ ahi ohe nɔ, sɔlemɔ. Nyɔŋmɔ efee wɔ ejurɔ. Amen? Wɔhereɔ nyɛ hiɛmɛɛ ŋmɛnɛ kɛ shidaa tsui kɛ niji ni agbele. Kɛji oyasara lɛ, jeee gbɔ ji bo yɛ biɛ; nyɛji weku kɛha be ni Nyɔŋmɔ kɛha wɔ akɛ wɔfee ekome lɛ. Wɔba koni wɔbawó Yesu gbɛi lɛ nɔ, ni wɔkai emɔbɔnalɛ lɛ, ni wɔwo wɔhe hewalɛ koni amɛya nɔ amɛnyiɛ yɛ hemɔkɛyeli mli. Wɔteŋ mɛi komɛi ba kɛ miishɛɛ, mɛi komɛi ba kɛ tɔlɛ, shi wɔ fɛɛ wɔbaanyɛ wɔkɛ wɔhe muu lɛ fɛɛ aba Nuŋtsɔ lɛ hiɛ. No hewɔ lɛ, ha sɔlemɔ lɛ akɛɛ amen. Nyɛhaa wɔjáa Nyɔŋmɔ ni kɛ wɔ kpeɔ, ni kwɛɔ wɔ nɔ, ni ewoɔ wɔ lɛ.

Kṙaŋlɛnì, kemɛnyɛ. Ɛ̀nyɛn ni yɛkɔrɔ asɔfɔ no biako bɛ ka kɛse, nkyɛn ɔtɔhɔ wɔ bɔɔlè kɛse, na saa yɛ nɛ bɔɔlè no yɛ dɛɛ yìkɔrɔ ìtọ̀n Ahendzɛl. Sɛ English yɛ wo kasa a, yɛ ka wo. Sɛ kasa foforɔ yɛ wo ka kasa wɔ adwaman, wo nsɔre, anaa wo maame, yɛ ka wo. Yɛ gbagbọ sɛ obiara bɛtumi ama wòateɛ bɛnyɛ dɛɛfo nnuan asɛmpa no wɔ nsɛm a ɔde ma no. Fa yɛn ho yɛn ho mu wɔ ahobrɛ, na yɛbɛyɛ ahummɔbɔ akɔ asɛm no mu sɛ yɛrefi amane nyina. Onyankopɔn Asɔre nnim sɛ yɛmfɔfra yɛn nsa mu anaa yɛn nsɛm no. Ɛfiri Kristo mu, yɛ yɛ abiɛsa mmogya, na yɛ ani gye sɛ wo wɔ ha.

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