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General Worship Questions
Ø What topics would be useful to explore
in sermons / prayers / meditations?
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Ø What is your preferred length of
sermon?
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Ø What style of music do you enjoy
singing?
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Ø What is your preferred length of
service?
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Ø Would you like a service to provide
opportunities for personal testimony?
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Ø Are moments of quiet contemplation
important for you in worship?
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Timing of service
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What
day and time would you prefer to worship?
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Religious Education
Ø What types and levels of religious
education does the church need to offer?
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Distance from Home
Ø How far would you be prepared to travel
to church?
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Transport
Ø What would be your mode of transport?
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Walk ___
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Cycle ___
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Private
motorbike / car (including car pooling)
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Public
transport ____
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Other
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Theological
inventory: (please note that the
questions set out below are generalizations and that you might find the yes
and no answers too restricting)
1.
Do
you believe in a personal being?
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2.
Do
you believe in a God that intervenes in people’s lives?
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3.
Do
you believe humanity is born sinful?
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4.
Do
you believe in a devil?
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5.
Do
you believe that Christianity is the only true religion?
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6.
Do
you believe the Bible to be the inerrant word of God?
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7.
Do
you perceive God in the world about and or indefinable?
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8.
Do
you understand life to be too complicated for simplistic understandings of
how God moves and has being in our lives?
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9.
Do
you believe that the natural order of things is seen as good by God?
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10. Do you believe that we have the
responsibility to care for our neighbour’s and the whole of creation?
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11. Do you understand there to be more than
one truth?
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12. Do you believe that the scriptures were
written in a particular context and time that may or may not hold ‘truth’
for us today?
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If you
answered no to one or more of questions 1 to 6 and yes to one or more of
questions 7 to 12, or you felt that such questions limited the way you
think about religion and life or generally felt uncomfortable about answering
any or all of the above then perhaps you might be looking for what might be
loosely termed progressive church where you are encouraged to think and
meditate on life journeying with your understanding of God with others.
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