RSVP for All-Church TCI Retreat on Saturday, June 8
On Saturday, June 8 at 10:00 am, Holman UMC will join in the Transforming Church Insight retreat led by Rev. Dr. William Chaney of the Chaney Coaching Group in Washington, DC. This all-church retreat will give opportunity for the whole congregation to receive results from the Transforming Church Insight survey first hand and contribute in the beginnings of our ministry revisioning process.
Make note: Zoom participants will be able to observe only. Questions will be received for the record, but will not be answered in real time!
Your Survey Information
- Start Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Online Deadline Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2024 (closes 8 a.m. eastern time on this date)
- Your Church’s Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LFM_TCI_HolmanUMCLA.
- Your Church’s Password: humcla (This password is the same for everyone in your church.)
- Your responses are completely confidential!
- Your responses are completely confidential!
- Contact Information: For questions about the survey process in general, contact Sunny Allen via email at sallen@LFMConnect.org.
Introduction
Thank you for participating in this valuable tool for our church. The tabulated results of this survey will help our church in its strategic planning process by identifying our church’s strengths, as well as opportunities for improvement. This survey is administered by Leighton Ford Ministries, a Christian non-profit that specializes in ministry leadership. Each member of a household (16 years and older) should respond.
Our results will be compared to national norms (churches of all sizes, locations, and denominations). The national database has over 11 million records. The questions are universal – so our location, size, and ministry philosophies won’t affect our results.
You will rate most of the questions on a scale of 1-5. At the end, you will have a chance to write your own comments about the church. The survey should take 20-30 minutes to complete.
Taking the Survey:
Do not labor over your decision – your first instinct is usually right. The survey will take you about 20-30 minutes to complete. You will need to complete the survey in one sitting. Your responses will be completely confidential. If you are ready to begin, then follow these basic steps:
- Log on to the website: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LFM_TCI_HolmanUMCLA.
- Enter your church’s Password: humcla
Once the survey period has been completed, the survey will be closed and you will not be able to log on.
- Answer each question according to the instructions. When you have finished each set of questions, click “Next” at the bottom of the page. You may use the “Previous” and “Next” buttons to navigate pages and change your answers at any point while you are logged on. When you click “Done” on the last page, your answers will be saved and you cannot change them.
- Each member of a family age 16 and older should participate individually.
Frequently Asked Questions:
- I can’t get to the website.
- If you have trouble with this, make sure that you have pasted the full URL into your browser.
- I can’t log on.
- Make sure that you have selected the appropriate link to your church and typed the password exactly as it appears.
- I can’t get past page one – it keeps taking me back to the beginning.
- This is a problem with the way that your computer’s security features / network firewalls are configured. LFM cannot help you with this. The problem is with your computer or network, not with the survey.
- What should I do if I don’t know the answer to a question?
- Just leave that question blank. It will not skew the results. The composite score for each question is calculated by the number of participants who answer any given question, not by how many participants take the survey.