2010 Visitors Survey

VISITORS SURVEY REPLIES Jan. 2009- Feb.7, 2010

QUESTIONS:

Question 1 How many times have you attended a service at UUFLG? (you can give a number or approximate, or say "regularly" or several" or “a few times”)

E-mail RESPONSES Question 1:

  1. ONCE
  2. Once
  3. Three
  4. Only one time
  5. 3
  6. no ans
  7. Several
  8. about 5-6 times

MAILED RESPONSES Question 1:

  1. One
  2. 2
  3. several
  4. four
  5. once

Question 2  What was the topic of the service you liked best?

E-mail RESPONSES Question 2  :

  1. Was a non-traditional service with various breakouts.
  2. no answer
  3.   Picking Yourself Up
  4. Not enough experience to say
  5. Humor!
  6. I really enjoyed the winter solstice service.
  7. Dr. Ingram's sermon on overcoming adversity.
  8. nothing stands out.

MAILED RESPONSES Question 2 :

  1. Open Sharing
  2. the quiet meditation included in the service
  3. can’t remember
  4. no answ
  5. n/a

Ques.3 Did Rev. Victoria Ingram conduct the service(s) you attended?

E-mail RESPONSES Question 3:

  1. YES
  2. Yes
  3. Yes
  4. yes
  5. One of them
  6. Yes, one, and the other was about music and was conducted by a member of the congregation.
  7. She did 2 of the 3 we've attended.
  8. a couple of them.

MAILED RESPONSES Quesion 3:

  1. no
  2. one of them
  3. some – yes
  4. 3 of 4
  5. yes

Question 4 Have you attended a lay-lead service, that Rev. Victoria Ingram did not conduct?

E-mail RESPONSES Question 4:

  1. NO
  2. No
  3. Yes
  4. n/a
  5. Yes
  6. Yes, see above
  7. Yes--it was on the history of music and it's influence across various cultures.
  8. yes

MAILED RESPONSES Question 4:

  1. no
  2. yes
  3. yes
  4. 1
  5. no

Question 5. Was the lay-lead service interesting to you?

E-mail RESPONSES Question 5:

  1. no answ
  2. no answ
  3. yes
  4. n/a
  5. yes
  6. I thought it was interesting.
  7. It was interesting, but happened to be the first time we'd attended, so we were a bit unprepared for something so unlike a traditional church service.
  8. It was fine

MAILED RESPONSES Question 5:

  1. Yes
  2. Yes
  3. Yes
  4. OK
  5. n/a

Question 6 What topics were not appealing, if any?

E-mail RESPONSES Question 6:

  1. no answ
  2. no answ
  3. annual budget
  4. n/a
  5. no answ
  6. N/A, although, to be honest, if a topic didn't sound interesting to us online we didn't make as much effort to make the service.
  7. no answ
  8. I have found that the downtown UU church is a little too much into the social justice aspect of UU.  Conversely the LG church seems to touch more on a range of topics.

MAILED RESPONSES Question 6

  1. n/a
  2. no answ
  3. none
  4. no answ
  5. n/a

Question 7 Was there anything we could have done to improve your visit or your experience with UUFLG?

E-mail RESPONSES Question 7:

  1. PEOPLE I MET WERE VERY NICE AND WELCOMING
  2. I was just visiting relatives in the area.  Everyone was very friendly before the service.  Afterwards, I didn't stay for the coffee hour because I was alone and didn't feel comfortable standing around by myself.   I suppose someone could have made me their "guest".
  3. no answ 
  4. No - everything was great, people were friendly and it looked like you had a full range of activities scheduled
  5. Don't think so!
  6. not really--everyone was very nice.
  7. no answ
  8. It would have been nice to have more people introducing themselves to us as new comers.  I still feel like a newcomer and tend to only have one new person say hello at the social after the service.  Lots of people make eye contact but do not say anything.  It's a little odd.  It would be really nice for people with families to reach out in particular since I have a 5 year old.

MAILED RESPONSES Question 7:

  1. nothing
  2. No everyone was very friendly and I enjoyed learning bout the Fellowship.
  3. Can’t think of anything
  4. Congregation & pastor very welcoming and friendly. Thoroughly enjoyable. ( From here the punctuation indicated just continuing on through Question 9 )
  5. no

Question 8 Would you like to make any other comment?

E-mail RESPONSES Question 8:

  1. no answ
  2. no answ
  3. no answ
  4. n/a
  5. Nope
  6. We plan to return if our children ever get over their colds
  7. We have been very impressed with how very welcoming everyone has been, the intense feeling of community, and the overall warmth of the congregation.
  8. Tamara has been awesome.  So very welcoming.  She followed up with an email the first week which was great. The main reasons I am torn between the downtown church and LG is 1) a lack of a choir/strong music program and 2) a less impressive chapel/church/atmosphere.  I know this last one sounds shallow but the SJ chapel is so lovely, and there is a stark contrast with the need for paint, carpet repair/trim on the stairs of the alter, etc.

MAILED RESPONSES Question 8:

  1. I was there as a speaker. It was one of the most hospitable gatherings I’ve ever experience
  2. no answ
  3. no
  4. we felt welcomed from the moment we arrived. It was wonderful to be sheparded. ( I think this means shepherded, continue to Question 9, answer 4. In Mailed Responses )
  5. no answ

Question 9 If you have attended several times since the first visit, what was the main reason you returned?

E-mail RESPONSES Question 9:

  1. no answ
  2. no answ
  3. People were very kind and friendly and the service was good.
  4. n/a
  5. So friendly, so open, so relaxed... 
  6. We wanted to attend often enough to feel we'd gotten a realistic view of the community.
  7. We knew we were interested in finding a religious/spiritual community to join but are not interested in joining a traditional church.
  8. Everyone has such a great sense of humor and fun at the church. Tamara has made us feel so welcome.The kids RE program seems much stronger than downtown SJ.

MAILED RESPONSES Question 9:

  1. n/a
  2. no answ
  3. It was in line with my personal philosophy
  4. and cared for. A most congenial group of people (smiley face drawn here)
  5. I attended Rev. Ingram’s classes on Buddhism and found them very interesting and presented in an engaging way. I appreciate very much being able to partiipate.

Ques 10 If you did not return, please tell us what your main reason for not returning was?

E-mail RESPONSES Question 10:

  1. I FOUND REV INGRAM UNINSPIRING AND THE CONGREGATION IS SMALLER THAN I WOULD LIKE.  (note from Edna: This was Growing A Congregation 11/8/09)
  2. no answ
  3. no answ
  4. My daughter was up for another promotion / transfer, which would require us moving. I didn't want to expend the effort to make friends and contacts only to have to up-root and start all over again. We are currently looking for a place to live in the Union City / Fremont / Hayward area and hope to find an equally gracious and delightful group to join there
  5. n/a
  6. We knew we were interested in finding a religious/spiritual community to join but are not interested in joining a traditional church.
  7. In the short term, we've been out of town.  We most likely will attend services at several area churches to look at there programs as well.
  8. n/a

MAILED RESPONSES Question 10

  1. Other Sunday Commitments
  2. I am exploring other religious/spiritual options at this time. Still searching for that “right fit” of practice
  3. Sunday morning has become the best time for me to talk with my daughter. She calls me when she is out walking her dog and we talk for about an hour. She has a complicated life and Sun. a.m. is the only time we can catch up. We have always been very close and I don’t want to miss this time.
  4. We do a lot of community service work. Our quest is needing more prayer and spiritual based work.
  5. I plan to move to Pilgrim Haven in Los Altos. I think I will visit Sunnyvale Fellowship in hopes of attending there in preparation of moving to Los Altos.

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