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== Services survey 2023 Printable version ===

Introduction

Church Council and Ministerial team regularly consider the number, style and timing of worship services. The recent congregational meeting asked Council to again canvas the congregation on the question of reducing the number of services, with a particular focus on combining the 9:15am and 11am services, and this questionnaire is the response. The first question addresses this directly. However it is futile to address the question of whether to combine without addressing the questions on what the combination would look like. The subsequent questions are repeated from a 2015 survey, and seek information on what you value about each service, and how flexible you are.

Are you in favour of combining the 9:15 and 11am services each week, knowing that it will involve changes, including service time, for all of us.

Questionnaire on possibly combining services. April 2023 Council is always considering the number, style and timing of worship services. It was suggested at the congregational meeting that Council again canvas the congregation on the question of reducing the number of services, and this questionnaire is the response. The crucial part of proposing fewer services is determining which of the current options will cease to be accommodated. For this purpose we have defined a 7 point scale to evaluate the features of worship services. +3 Essential. I will not come to a service that omits this. +2 Highly positive. Omitting this will discourage my participation. +1 Positive. I would prefer that this be included. 0 Having or omitting this feature will not affect my participation. -1 Negative. I would prefer that this be omitted. -2 Highly negative. Including this will discourage my participation. -3 Deal Breaker. I will not come to a service that includes this. Please circle a score of +3 to -3 on the above scale for each of the following features that are included in some but not all of our current services.