Diocese of Atlanta - COVID 19 Congregational Impact and Needs Assessment

The goal of this quick assessment is to give your congregational leaders some feedback on what is working well within your congregation and what needs you might have during this very unusual time and your thoughts about next steps.

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* 1. Which congregation are you a part of?

St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church, McDonough

St. Mark's Episcopal Church, LaGrange

St. James Episcopal Church, Clayton

St. Catherine's Episcopal Church, Marietta

St. Edward's Episcopal Church, Lawrenceville

Saint Alban’s Episcopal Church, Monroe

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Rome

Resurrection Episcopal Church, Sautee Nacoochee

Church of the Mediator, Washington

The Episcopal Church of the Annunciation, Marietta

Christ Church Episcopal, Norcross

St. Andrew's in the Pines, Peachtree City

Holy Family, Jasper

Grace-Calvary Episcopal Church, Clarkesville

St. Clement's Episcopal Church, Canton

St Patrick's Episcopal Church, Atlanta

Church of the Advent, Madison

Church of the Epiphany, Atlanta

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Snellville

St. Teresa's Episcopal Church, Acworth

Episcopal Church of the Holy Family, Jasper

St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Elberton

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Hartwell

St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Atlanta

St. Clare's Episcopal Church, Blairsville

Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Cartersville

St. Anthony's Episcopal Church, Winder

Holy Trinity Parish, Decatur

St. Julian's Episcopal Church, Douglasville

Episcopal Church of the Nativity, Fayetteville

St. Jude's Episcopal Church, Marietta

St. Francis Episcopal Church, Macon

St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church, Oakwood

St. Martin's in the Fields, Atlanta

St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Stone Mountain

Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Greensboro, GA

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, GA

Christ Church Episcopal - Macon, GA

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* 2. Which of the below best describes your worship participation in the congregation since March of 2020:

I participate in online worship 3 to 4 Sundays a month

I participate in online worship 1 to 2 Sundays a month

I do not participate in online worship but have other ways I am keeping my spiritual life healthy

I do not participate in online worship and have not been paying attention to my spiritual life

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* 3. The thing I have missed most about my congregation during this time is:

Worship in our sanctuary or other usual place of worship

Participating in or preparing for worship (i.e. singing in choir, playing handbells, flower arrangements, etc.)

Seeing my other congregation members and friends

Engaging in ministry opportunities together

In person small groups

Shared meals, coffee hour, other social activities

In person meetings

Don't know

Other (please specify)

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* 4. During this time, I have been able to engage in church sponsored activities with other congregation members by (check all that apply):

Online worship

Online Christian formation or education

Online small groups

Working on ministry at home (i.e. making masks, prayer chains, making meals for other, etc.)

Online meditation (i.e. prayer, devotions, yoga, etc.)

I have not participated in church sponsored activities

Other (please specify)

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* 5. I believe our congregation has done a good job at adapting during this pandemic so that we stay connected.

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Tend to Disagree

Tend to Agree

Agree

Strongly Agree

Don't know

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* 6. This time away from our regular life together as a congregation has made me more grateful for my church.

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Tend to Disagree

Tend to Agree

Agree

Strongly Agree

Don't know

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* 7. During this time, the top two areas of concern or anxiety for me and my household are (please pick two):

Financial hardship

Mental health (i.e. depression, anxiety, disconnection, etc)

Physical health of myself or others within my family/friends (i.e. underlying health concerns, COVID, etc.)

Balancing of multiple roles - such as homeschooling while working

Inability to get the things I need (i.e. groceries, medications, household goods, etc.)

Lack of clarity of next steps for my life after the crisis is over

Spiritual disconnection

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* 8. I believe after the pandemic when our congregation comes back together we will be:

Much weaker than before

Weaker than before

The same as before

Stronger than before

Much stronger than before

Don't know

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* 9. I know who I can contact in our congregation if I need help.

Yes

I would not contact someone in my congregation for help.

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* 10. During this time, when I think about my relationship with God, I feel:

Less connected to God

As connected to God as I always was

More connected to God

Don't know

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* 11. When I think about my spiritual walk and spiritual health during this time the things I have found helpful have been (check all that apply):

Online worship

Online church sponsored groups, bible studies, ministry work, etc.

Prayer

Daily devotions or meditations

Working with other non-church sponsored groups

A personal connection with the church staff or church leadership

A personal connection with someone else in the congregation

Family and/or friends

None of the above

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* 12. Our Bishop has created some requirements for regathering which our congregation will be following. If those requirements were not in place, at the time we are allowed to regather what precautions would you need to have in place to attend worship as regularly as you did before (check all that apply):

I would attend worship without any precautions in place.

I would attend if people were required to wear masks.

I would attend if people were social distanced at 6 feet a part, unless they are in the same household.

I would attend if there were clear sanitation measures in place for areas of the church where people will be walking through and congregating in.

I would attend if hand sanitizer was readily available at exits and entrances.

I would attend if worship was held outside.

I will not attend in-person worship regardless of the precautions that are taken.

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* 13. If you answered in the previous question that regardless of COVID precautions you will not be attending worship, what would you require to attend again (check all that apply):

A COVID vaccine

Herd immunity

A decrease of deaths and/or hospitalizations from COVID

A decrease in COVID cases in general

Other (please specify)

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* 14. If there are costs incurred to regather (such as sanitation measures, purchasing masks, etc), I would be willing to give more to help cover those costs.

Strongly disagree

Disagree

Tend to disagree

Tend to agree

Agree

Strongly agree

Don't know

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* 15. Aside from COVID precautions, in order to attend worship as frequently as I did before I would require that communion be served.

Each Sunday

Every other Sunday

Monthly

I would not require communion to return to worship

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* 16. With the right COVID precautions in place, I would be likely to attend worship:

Less than I did before COVID

The same amount as I did before COVID

More than I did before COVID

Don't know

Diocese of Atlanta - COVID 19 Congregational Impact and Needs Assessment

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* 1. Which congregation are you a part of?

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* 2. Which of the below best describes your worship participation in the congregation since March of 2020:

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* 3. The thing I have missed most about my congregation during this time is:

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* 4. During this time, I have been able to engage in church sponsored activities with other congregation members by (check all that apply):

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* 5. I believe our congregation has done a good job at adapting during this pandemic so that we stay connected.

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* 6. This time away from our regular life together as a congregation has made me more grateful for my church.

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* 7. During this time, the top two areas of concern or anxiety for me and my household are (please pick two):

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* 8. I believe after the pandemic when our congregation comes back together we will be:

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* 9. I know who I can contact in our congregation if I need help.

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* 10. During this time, when I think about my relationship with God, I feel:

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* 11. When I think about my spiritual walk and spiritual health during this time the things I have found helpful have been (check all that apply):

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* 13. If you answered in the previous question that regardless of COVID precautions you will not be attending worship, what would you require to attend again (check all that apply):

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* 14. If there are costs incurred to regather (such as sanitation measures, purchasing masks, etc), I would be willing to give more to help cover those costs.

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* 15. Aside from COVID precautions, in order to attend worship as frequently as I did before I would require that communion be served.

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* 16. With the right COVID precautions in place, I would be likely to attend worship:

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* 17. How has adjusting to this pandemic changed your understanding of how the church can be?

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* 18. Three words or phrases that come to mind when I think of the culture of congregation are:

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* 19. Is there anything else you would like the leadership to know that was not addressed in this survey?