SAMPLE QUESTIONNAIRE TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL NEEDS PLAN Church without Walls in the Presbytery of .... Why are we asking these questions? The purpose of these questions is to find out your reactions to remits to congregations from the Church without Walls report. We’ll use the answers to decide what help is needed to make Church without Walls possible in .... Presbytery. We’ll also use it to build up a picture of Church without Walls in .... Presbytery, and communicate that information back to you through the Church without Walls newsletter. Finally, we’ll share the it with the whole Church of Scotland, to create the really big picture! Answering the questions You’ll probably answer ‘no, we’re not going to do this just now’ to lots of the questions. Don’t worry about this! Church without Walls is about congregations finding the one thing that will make a difference and doing it. Don’t be afraid to say you’d like help: we can guarantee you won’t be the only ones! Be confident in answering ‘yes, we’re well on the way’ if you feel you’ve made a good start and have an idea of where you’re going. It may be something you’d been doing for years before Church without Walls appeared: that’s fine, but we hope you’ve taken the opportunity to do something new too. We’d love to hear your stories: please expand on these answers on another sheet of paper, or get in touch to tell us about them. 1. Has your congregation been ‘living with a Gospel’? O Yes, we’re well on the way O Yes, but we’d like some help O Not yet, but we hope to at some point O No, we’d like help with how to do this O No, we’re not going to do this just now 2. Has your congregation reflected on what it means to live out the cycle of grace in our life together? O Yes, we’re well on the way O Yes, but we’d like some help O Not yet, but we hope to at some point O No, we’d like help with how to do this O No, we’re not going to do this just now 3. Has your congregation carried out a community review to reflect on the issues, changes and missionary opportunities in the community? O Yes, we’re well on the way O Yes, but we’d like some help O Not yet, but we hope to at some point O No, we’d like help with how to do this O No, we’re not going to do this just now 4. Has the Kirk Session undertaken a review of the worship of the existing congregation and assessed potential for developments within and beyond the congregation? O Yes, we’re well on the way O Yes, but we’d like some help O Not yet, but we hope to at some point O No, we’d like help with how to do this O No, we’re not going to do this just now 5. Has the congregation considered how the cell, congregation and celebration dimensions of being the church might be applied locally? O Yes, we’re well on the way O Yes, but we’d like some help O Not yet, but we hope to at some point O No, we’d like help with how to do this O No, we’re not going to do this just now 6. Has the congregation determined how to integrate children and young people into the life of the congregation; or to enable the planting of a church for a new generation alongside the current congregation? O Yes, we’re well on the way O Yes, but we’d like some help O Not yet, but we hope to at some point O No, we’d like help with how to do this O No, we’re not going to do this just now 7. Has the congregation begun to form paths for the spiritual journey to help people become Christian disciples in today’s world? O Yes, we’re well on the way O Yes, but we’d like some help O Not yet, but we hope to at some point O No, we’d like help with how to do this O No, we’re not going to do this just now 8. Has the Kirk Session reviewed the leadership structure, considered what ministry team is needed for current needs and the next five years? O Yes, we’re well on the way O Yes, but we’d like some help O Not yet, but we hope to at some point O No, we’d like help with how to do this O No, we’re not going to do this just now 9. Has the congregation begun to form groupings with neighbours according to their natural communities? O Yes, we’re well on the way O Yes, but we’d like some help O Not yet, but we hope to at some point O No, we’d like help with how to do this O No, we’re not going to do this just now 10. Has the congregation begun to establish links with other congregations in a different social context, and/or establish a personal partnership with a congregation or project in the world church, and/or explore ways of being more environmentally aware? O Yes, we’re well on the way O Yes, but we’d like some help O Not yet, but we hope to at some point O No, we’d like help with how to do this O No, we’re not going to do this just now 11. Has the Kirk Sessions begun to identify the spiritual gifts of the people and grow church around the people we have? O Yes, we’re well on the way O Yes, but we’d like some help O Not yet, but we hope to at some point O No, we’d like help with how to do this O No, we’re not going to do this just now 12. Has the Kirk Session offered an opportunity for all elders to undertake training? O Yes, we’re well on the way O Yes, but we’d like some help O Not yet, but we hope to at some point O No, we’d like help with how to do this O No, we’re not going to do this just now 13. Has the Kirk Session considered its constitution, styles of meeting, and processes of communication? O Yes, we’re well on the way O Yes, but we’d like some help O Not yet, but we hope to at some point O No, we’d like help with how to do this O No, we’re not going to do this just now 14. Has the congregation begun to take risks, to try new ways so that faith may grow. O Yes, we’re well on the way O Yes, but we’d like some help O Not yet, but we hope to at some point O No, we’d like help with how to do this O No, we’re not going to do this just now 15. Has the Kirk Sessions studied the report as a stimulus to identifying the levers for change and the limits to growth in the local situation, and established a ‘local needs’ plan? O Yes, we’re well on the way O Yes, but we’d like some help O Not yet, but we hope to at some point O No, we’d like help with how to do this O No, we’re not going to do this just now