Andy's Blog: A Personal Word

February 2, 2010

Feb. 1, 2010

Back in January, we took a survey. We asked you some questions, actually a lot of questions, about how we are doing, what we do well, and what we need to do better. 511 of you responded. Here are some things we learned:

• 54% of you are under the age of 45
• The greatest number of you (63%) typically attend the 8:45 AM service
• 89% agreed that all of the elements of our worship services (music, prayers, sermons, bulletins, visuals) were good
• On improving worship, we had responses like: sing more hymns we know, and sing more new hymns! Most of you could think of no ways in which we need to improve our worship. 
• 70% of you attend Sunday School 3-4 times a month
• 65% of you were involved in some outreach/mission project last year
• 46% of the men have participated in one of our Trinity Men’s events
• The main reasons people love Trinity are: 1) worship 2) relationships 3) general sense of vitality 4) small group or Sunday School
• 76% have heard of our prayer ministry and 53% use the weekly prayer list
• You told us that Trinity excels at children’s ministry, youth ministry, music, missions, preaching, and lay involvement
• 86% told us that we do welcoming and hospitality better than other churches
• The single most memorable service/events you attended were: A Night in Bethlehem, Christmas Eve Services, Holy Week Services, and Alpha
• 63% of you who have children, believe our children’s program needs no improvement!
• The perception of Trinity in the wider community is positive, friendly, active and growing
• Some “holes” and areas given for improvement: single’s ministry, college ministry, and support groups

There are lots of other specific responses and ideas that we are looking at from the survey. Overall, the thing we learned is that most of you feel we are doing well. In this kind of anonymous survey, people have the opportunity to complain, list pet peeves, and get issues off their chest. We received very little of that. You provided us with very useful feedback that we are using to build a stronger Body of Christ. 

Thank you for taking the time to tell us how we are doing and what we need to be doing!

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