Be warm in greeting, show you are glad to see them, in whatever way is appropriate in the moment; have time for them, don’t be in a hurry unless there is a burning building or some other seriously important crisis – do not be in a hurry with people just because you want to achieve a lot more today; give away something of yourself, let them know some of your thoughts and feelings and recent experiences – obviously to varying extents – let yourself be enjoyed; enjoy them, there is indeed something of God’s image in them whoever they are, so this is possible; listen to them, be interested, care about them and what bugs or delights them; have the humility (and the belief that all are in God’s image, though it’s marred) to think that whoever they are and whatever may be wrong with their morals or their outlook, you can learn from them; help them and encourage them practically and emotionally if you can, because you care; share the good news of Jesus with them if there is a real opportunity, but don’t do so because you want to feel less guilty of not evangelising or in order to add them as a scalp to your tally or your church’s; regard every person as an end in themselves, not chiefly as a means to ends (however good) that you are pursuing. And pray for them and their good in every way, physical, psychological and spiritual, asking God to give you his heart for them, his vision for their future and a clear yet at the same time generous discernment.
May his Spirit help us, that it may be so increasingly.
Now we are God's children 