31 Days of Hospitality: Day 1


Day 1: Inviting Others to Join your Holiday Celebration
Day 2: The Lost Art of Hospitality
Day 3:  Hospitality Basket
Day 4:  Something to Share
Day 5:  Hospitality vs. Entertain
Day 6:  Overnight Guests
Day 7: No Guest Room? No Problem
Day 8:  Compassionate Hospitality
Day 9: A Welcoming Entry
Day 10: Come on in
Day 11: Quotes
Day 12: Favorites
Day 13:  Southern Hospitality
Day 14:  Pumpkin Cake
Day 15:  Symbol of Hospitality
Day 16:  Hostess Gifts
Day 17: Accidents Happen
Day 18:  Who Invited You?
Day 19: Breakfast for your Guests
Day 20:  Thank You Notes
Day 21: Signature Drinks
Day 22:  Books
Day 23:  No Children
Day 24:  Traditions
Day 25:  Invitations
Day 26:  When you're too tired to cook
Day 27:  Relaxing
Day 28: Quiet Inspiration
Day 29:  The Party's in the Kitchen
Day 30:  Getting Ready for the Holidays
I am joining The Nester this year for the 31 Days series.  A challenge to write a post a day for the month of October on the same topic.  Definitely a challenge, right?  I had a list of things I considered writing about but finally decided on 'hospitality'.

As the month goes on I'll write about different aspects of hospitality from making your entry way a welcoming area, to weekend guests, to party planning, to teaching your children the art of hospitality and more.  I am by no means an expert at hospitality but I might be by the end of the month!

While researching hospitality I came across quite a few different definitions of the word.  I'll leave you with a couple that I liked:
  • the friendly reception and treatment of guest or strangers.
  • generous and friendly treatment of visitors and guests.
I hope you'll check back each day for more on hospitality. 
How do you define hospitality?

Comments

Melissa @ The Inspired Room said…
Glad you are joining in the series! I love hospitality so your series will be wonderful, I'm sure!!!
September 30, 2011 at 10:33 PM
Lisa said…
Definitely a neat idea to focus on 31 days of hospitality. God has taught me so much about that over the years. I'll be popping in to learn more with you.

By His Grace,
Lisa

www.moretobe.com
October 1, 2011 at 4:25 AM
Samantha said…
I need some hospitality tips! It is a lost art and I'm trying to reach out to neighbors in a new neighborhood. I'm doing 31 days of autumn inspiration if you want to check it out ;).
October 4, 2011 at 6:55 PM
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