UPUMC Engagement Survey Question Title * 1. Your Contact Information Name * Address City/Town State/Province ZIP/Postal Code Email Address * Phone Number * Question Title * 2. Which of the following best describes your current relationship status? Married Widowed Divorced Separated In a domestic partnership or civil union Single, but cohabiting with a significant other Single, never married Question Title * 3. Children's Names and Ages Child 1 Child 2 Child 3 Child 4 Child 5 Question Title * 4. What is your current occupation or professional field? Question Title * 5. Have you taken a spiritual gifts assessment? If so, will you share your top 3-5 spiritual gifts? Spiritual Gift Spiritual Gift Spiritual Gift Spiritual Gift Spiritual Gift Question Title * 6. Please mark all areas of engagement in which you might be interested: Building / Construction Painting, Repair, Maintenance Grilling Cooking Kitchen Help (provide ingredients, prep food, serve food, clean up) Sewing Gardening Library Cleaning Organizing Reading Educating Mentoring Music Photography Videography Culture and Arts History Crafting Gaming Travel Event Planning Welcoming Financial Management Technology Outdoor Activities Health and Fitness Interior Design Other (please specify) Within the next 11 categories listed below, please mark all committees and church areas that interest you: Question Title * 7. Committees Staff-Parish Relations Trustees Nominations UPUMC Foundation Finance Generosity/Stewardship Lay Representative to Annual Conference Question Title * 8. Worship Greeters Ushers Altar Guild (prepare sanctuary for worship and other events Serve Communion Lay Readers Acolyte/Candle Lighter & Cross Bearer (children & youth sign up each Sunday to serve at one of the services) Question Title * 9. Music Chancel or Chamber Choir (rehearsals on Wednesday; sing weekly in worship) Hand Bell Choir (rehearsals on Wednesday; play monthly in worship) Prop/costume design for musicals Building sets for musicals Running sound or lights for music events Play an instrument- what kind? Question Title * 10. Engage Ministries Prayer Ministry (variety of prayer activities being developed) Card Writers (communication with home bound members and others) Visitation Ministry (visiting members who are homebound or hospitalized) Front Desk Volunteers (volunteer weekly or monthly at church reception desk) Stephen Ministers (trained lay ministers to walk with members grieving or struggling) Welcome Wagon/Meal Makers (making meals for new members and members who are ill) Receptions (coordinating food & hospitality for funerals & special events) College Connection (staying in touch with our college students) Visitor Follow Up (connecting with visitors to welcome them and follow up) New Member Team (helping new members engage with the church) Provide transportation (help people without transportation get to church) Drive church van (pass driver check and drive groups to field trips and outings) Organize church-wide meals Question Title * 11. Mission and Outreach Serve on Mission Advisory Council Coordinate drives - food, clothing, etc. Serve as UPUMC representative for local agencies Volunteer for Outreach Missions (Project Transformation, Amigos Days, North Dallas Shared Ministries, Bread Ministry, Agape Not Home Alone, Agape Clinic, Austin Street, Blessings in a Backpack, Christ’s Foundry, Crossroads Community Service, Dallas Bethlehem Center, Dunbar Elementary, Habitat for Humanity, Open Door Preschool, Wesley Rankin, etc.) Volunteer on foreign mission trips (Guatemala, Proyecto Abrigo, Lydia Patterson, Cuba) Host visiting missionaries Participate in emergency response team after disasters Medical care/services – please list what kind Question Title * 12. Children Serve on Children’s Council Organize Events (Trunk or Treat, Advent Workshop, Easter Egg Hunt, etc.) Stuff worship bags Vacation Bible School Teach Sunday School Class Question Title * 13. Youth Serve on Parents Council Organize Events (Live Nativity, Progressive Dinner, Mission Trips, etc.) Host/Facilitate Small Groups (i.e. weekly Bible study) Sunday Donut Coordinator (organize weekly sign-up to pick up donuts and deliver to church on Sunday mornings) Sunday Meal Coordinator (organize weekly sign-up to provide meal to youth on Sunday evenings) Teach Sunday School Class Youth Group Volunteer Chaperone a Youth Event or Trip Question Title * 14. Adult Form New Sunday School Class United Methodist Women/UMW Circles Organize Adult Game Days / Day Trips / Movies / Book Club Interest in Attending Spiritual Retreats Wesley Covenant Groups (weekly small group studies) Bible Studies (weekly or semester-long study classes) Emmaus Reunion Groups “Methodist Misfit” Wood Workers (meet weekly on Wednesday evenings) Form / Facilitate Support Group (i.e. new moms, singles, divorce care, grief, AA) Guest teach Sunday School or Study – please list topics Question Title * 15. Sports and Recreation Coordinate / Facilitate Sports Groups (basketball, running, biking) Yoga (multiple options each week - schedules posted at www.upumc.org) Event Participation such as 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk, MS 150, etc. Other (please specify) Question Title * 16. Administration and Communication Count Church Contributions (weekly counting on Mondays) Writing/Editing (i.e. newsletters, print materials) Graphic Design (i.e. newsletters, print materials) Production (printing, pasting posters together, stuffing mailings, etc.) Website Assistance (periodic updates) Social Media Assistance (develop plan to promote church activities) Question Title * 17. Technology PC and Software Support / Training (teach Technology 101 for church members) Audio / Video Support (help on Sundays and during special events) Data Entry (volunteer to input information when needed) Question Title * 18. What studies / classes / guest speakers are you interested in? Question Title * 19. Do you give permission for your interest areas to be shared with church and lay leadership? Yes No Thank you for participating in UPUMC’s church-wide Interests & Gifts Survey! Done
