English Sunday School Survey Ben Poon Lords Grace

English Sunday School Survey Ben Poon Lord’s Grace Christian Church 2010

Methodology • Respondents are anonymous • Conducted 12/12/2010 after announcements • 64 surveys returned out of ~100 service attendees

Executive Summary: Strengths • Quality of teachers is high

Executive Summary: Weaknesses • Most improvement needed: – Starting on time – Attendance • Some improvement needed: – Practicality of topics – Variety of topics

Executive Summary: Motivation • Respondents are most motivated to go to class by: – Interest in topic – Perception of teacher – Guess on the quality of Biblical instruction and application • Respondents are only slightly motivated by: – Desire to understand God better – Amount of discussion/interaction with others • Respondents are not motivated at all by: – – Fun Habit Homework Attendance of friends

Executive Summary: Attendance • 66% attended Sunday School weekly or 3 x/month • 6% did not attend at all • 100% of youth (middle and high school) attended either every week or 3 x/month • 20 s & 30 s attended more often than 40 s & 50 s

Survey Question 1 • What age group are you in? – Middle school – High school – College – 20 -39 – 40 -59 – 60 -79 – 79+

Age Group 60 -79 2% 40 -59 23% Middle school 12% High school 19% 20 -39 36% College 8%

Survey Question 2 • How often would you say you attended Sunday School in 2010? – Every week – 3 x per month – 2 x per month – 1 x per month – Several times – Did not attend

Attendance Did not attend No response 6% 3% Several times 14% 1 x per month 3% 2 x per month 8% 3 x per month 28% Every week 38%

Attendance by Age 25 20 No response 15 Did not attend Several times 1 x per month 2 x per month 10 3 x per month Every week 5 0 Middle School High School College 20 -39 40 -59 60 -79

Survey Question 3 • How much do you feel the Sunday School program needs to improve in each of the following? Rank 1 (no improvement needed) to 5 (much improvement needed) – Practicality of topics offered – Variety of topics offered – Quality of teachers – Attendance – Starting on time

Amount of Improvement Needed 100% 90% 80% 70% No response 60% Much 50% More 40% Some 30% Little 20% None 10% 0% Practicality of Variety of topics Quality of teachers Attendance Starting on time

Survey Question 4 • What Sunday School class have you attended most this quarter? – Principles of Biblical Leadership – Basics NT Greek for Laymen – Studying OT Narratives: Ruth

Class Taken Principles of Biblical Leadership 19% No response 46% Studying OT Narratives: Ruth 22% Philippians 6% Basic NT Greek for Laymen 6%

Class Taken By Age 35 30 25 60 -79 20 40 -59 15 20 -39 College 10 HS MS 5 0 Principles of Basic NT Greek Studying OT Biblical for Laymen Narratives: Leadership Ruth Philippians No response

Survey Question 5 • How would you rank that class in each of the following areas? Rank from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) – Quality of Biblical instruction/knowledge – Amount of life application – Preparedness of teacher – Amount of discussion – Amount of interaction with others – Amount of fun

Excellence: Principles of Biblical Leadership 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% No response 30% 20% Excellent 10% Above Average 0% ra ge Av e n of nt Am ou ra te in fu n ct io io ss Poor Am ou nt nt ou Am of of di sc u te a of ss ne ed ar Below Average Pr ep n r ch e n tio ica pl ap e lif of nt ou Am Qu al ity of Bi bl ica l in st ru ct i. . . Average Sample size: 12

Excellence: Basic NT Greek for Laymen 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% No response 30% 20% Excellent 10% Above Average 0% ra ge Av e n of nt Am ou ra te in fu n ct io io ss Poor Am ou nt nt ou Am of of di sc u te a of ss ne ed ar Below Average Pr ep n r ch e n tio ica pl ap e lif of nt ou Am Qu al ity of Bi bl ica l in st ru ct i. . . Average Sample size: 4

Excellence: Studying OT Narratives: Ruth 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% No response 30% 20% Excellent 10% Above Average 0% ra ge Av e n of nt Am ou ra te in fu n ct io io ss Poor Am ou nt nt ou Am of of di sc u te a of ss ne ed ar Below Average Pr ep n r ch e n tio ica pl ap e lif of nt ou Am Qu al ity of Bi bl ica l in st ru ct i. . . Average Sample size: 14

Survey Questions 6 and 7 • What did you enjoy most about that class? • What did you enjoy least about that class?

What did you enjoy most about Principles of Biblical Leadership? Real life examples from different business leaders Video The leader's talk about experience Different perspective Occasionally the speaker in the DVD is great DVD speakers Everything Video - talk by experienced leaders Video tape of speeches/interviews of interesting leaders

What did you enjoy least about Principles of Biblical Leadership? Not starting on time Discussion Size of room too small When the speaker in DVD is boring The amount of discussion and learning Too short for discussion after video, not fruitful No time for discussion/interaction

What did you enjoy most about Basic NT Greek for Laymen? Learning Greek it was interesting Very interesting subject, good resources, etc. The stuff was very in depth

What did you enjoy least about Basic NT Greek for Laymen? The application didn't really learn a lot but it's hard with a language Sometimes a little dry, but that's ok It was less life applying and it was very boring

What did you enjoy most about Studying OT Narratives: Ruth? Ben Poon and chiasms Bible study Teacher's enthusiasm, in-depth discussion Learning how to study the Bible The teacher Learning new things and handouts Well preparedness of teacher Learning new ways to look at this book (Bible) that is supposed to be so important to us Ben's teaching style. Easy to comprehend complex ideas In depth study/historical background Thorough preparation from Ben Discussions and learn the principle I liked the interaction time in the Ruth class it's nice to be able to break up lecture time with discussion

What did you enjoy least about Studying OT Narratives: Ruth? Nothing Personal application, discussion Not enough time I hope it could start and finish on time

Survey Question 8 • How much did each of the following impact why you attended that class? Rank from 1 (low impact) to 5 (high impact) – – – – – Your interest in the topic Your perception of the teacher Your guess to quality of Biblical instruction and life application If the class had homework If you had friends attending Habit Desire to understand God better Amount of discussion and interaction Fun

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Survey Question 9 • What comments do you have regarding Sunday School overall? What topics do you want to learn about? What encouragements do you have for those serving?

General Comments Over all pretty good a lot of the topics are interesting the variety is nice Sunday school teachers doing great work. Keep it up More of real life applications for Christian work/personal life Need bigger roosm for the class I like the classes on studying the Scripture to be most enjoyable Great improvement from the past. Thanks for a great job! It's an important ministry - keep up the good work! How to evangelize in work and school Thank you, Sunday school teachers! More Bible study help Good jobs. Best part of Sunday Like studying books of the Bible Thank you!!! Wea ppreciate your service Like option to take classes the next quarter. Encouragement to continue serving Thank you I hope there will be more applied class