ECORC Community of Faith Information Survey - 2019 Step 1 of 6 16% Purpose of the Survey The East Central Ontario Regional Council (ECORC) of The United Church of Canada is asking every Community of Faith to provide data information, to the best of their current understanding, that highlights their Community of Faith and will help others find people to network with about similar topics of need or interest in development. The "ECORC Community of Faith Information Survey - 2019" was initially launched for registrants to the ECORC Inaugural Meeting in Lindsay, Ontario on May 31 to June 2, 2019. For those Communities of Faith that have already completed the Survey, thank you. For those that have not yet done so, or are learning about this Survey for the first time in this message, we hope that you will complete the Survey. Please note: If, once you begin the Survey, you find that you don't have the information immediately available to answer a question, there is a SAVE AND COMPLETE LATER option at various points in the Survey. We are piloting the Survey here in the ECORC and hopefully the Survey will in the near future be used for Communities of Faith in all United Churches across Canada. If you have questions, please contact: Rev. Dr. Sharon Ballantyne at (705) 875-8837 or by email at sharon.ballantyne@gmail.com. You can also contact ECORC Staff members Gordon Wood at GWood@united-church.ca or Sharon Hull at SHull@united-church.ca. This Survey will take approximately 5-6 minutes to complete If your *pastoral charge has more than one community of faith, please complete a survey separately for each community of faith. *A pastoral charge is a unit of organization that consists of one or more congregations (communities of faith). [The Manual (2019) B.1.2] EXAMPLE: Goodness Pastoral Charge has two communities of faith: Gracious United Church and Me United Church. Therefore, please complete a separate survey for both Gracious United Church and Me United Church.Name of Community of Faith* Name of Pastoral Charge Physical address of Community of Faith* Street Address Address Line 2 City AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaNew BrunswickNewfoundland and LabradorNorthwest TerritoriesNova ScotiaNunavutOntarioPrince Edward IslandQuebecSaskatchewanYukon Province Postal Code Mailing address of Community of Faith (if different from physical address) Street Address P.O. Box City AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaNew BrunswickNewfoundland and LabradorNorthwest TerritoriesNova ScotiaNunavutOntarioPrince Edward IslandQuebecSaskatchewanYukon Province Postal Code Phone number to contact Community of Faith*Email address to contact Community of Faith* Name of person completing the Survey* First Last General Information To your knowledge:1. Has your pastoral charge received its invitation to ChurchHub.ca yet? Yes No 2(a). Does your Community of Faith have a website? Yes No 2(b). If answer to 2(a) is yes, what is the website address? 3. Does your Community of Faith have an Instagram account? Yes No 3(b). If answer to 3(a) is yes, what is the Instagram address? 4. Does your Community of Faith have a Facebook account? Yes No 4(b). If answer to 4(a) is yes, what is the Facebook address? 5. Does your Community of Faith have a YouTube account? Yes No 5(b). If answer to 5(a) is yes, what is the YouTube address? 6. Does your Community of Faith have a Twitter account? Yes No 6(b). If answer to 6(a) is yes, what is the Twitter address? 7. Do your currently offer some sort of junior church or Sunday school? Yes No 8. Do you currently have a youth group of any kind? Yes No 9. Are you participating in any clusters? Yes No 10. Are you participating in any networks? Yes No Are there any additional details you would like to provide (e.g. contact information for Sunday school or youth leader)? Building Accessibility When thinking of access to the building:11(a). Is the main entrance of the building barrier-free with ground-level access? Yes No 11(b). If answer to 11(a) is no, does the main entrance of the building have a ramp, elevator or lift? Yes No 12. Is there a secondary entrance that is barrier-free and is well marked? Yes No 13. Is there a power door on the entrance that is barrier-free? Yes No 14. Are all stories within the building accessible with an elevator or lift? Yes No 15. When thinking of the washrooms in the building, is there one or more washrooms situated on a barrier-free path of travel? Yes No 16(a). Is there a washroom that has a wheelchair accessible stall, or an individual washroom that is wheelchair accessible? Yes No 16(b). If answer to 16(a) is yes, is there a power door operator on this washroom? Yes No 16(c). If answer to 16(a) is yes, does the wheelchair accessible washroom have an accessible sink, towel dispenser or hand dryer? Yes No Is there any additional feedback you would like to provide about Building Accessibility? Sanctuary & Worship Let’s turn our attention to the sanctuary and worship.17. Is there a barrier-free path to the chancel? Yes No 18. Is there accessible seating space that is suitable for side transfer? Yes No 19. Is there adjacent companion seating? Yes No 20. Is there storage space for mobility-assistive devices if needed? Yes No 21. Does the worship space have a sound amplification system? Yes No 22. Are there hearing-assistive devices available? Yes No 23. Are large-print bulletins available? Yes No 24. Is there a barrier-free path to the children’s program space? Yes No 25. Is there a rest space or quiet space that is accessible? Yes No 26. Is the "coffee time" space accessible, with refreshments within reach? Yes No 27. When thinking of the meeting rooms and hall in your facility, would you say that there is a barrier-free path to the meeting rooms? Yes No No meeting rooms or hall 28. Does the community hall have a barrier-free path? Yes No No hall 29. Are the doorways to meeting rooms and the community hall accessible doorways; i.e. - are they wide enough for a wheelchair or scooter to freely pass through? Yes No No meeting rooms or hall Is there any additional feedback you would like to provide about Sanctuary and/or Worship? Other Accessibility Questions A few more questions about the accessibility of your building.30. Is there at least one designated accessible parking spot reserved and identified near and accessible entrance? Yes No 31. Is there a boarding area or parking area for Accessible Transit? Yes No 32. Does the website for your community of faith have compatibility with screen-reading software, or a large font option? Yes No No website 33. Is there an equity group, designated person, equity monitor or anyone in your community of faith associated with the work in your pastoral charge on the Accessibility Standard of Customer Service policy? (The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) was passed by the Ontario government in June 2005 and requires all churches to have an accessibility standards policy.) Yes No Is there any additional feedback you would like to provide related to the Other Accessibility Questions? Affirming Ministry On the topic of Affirming Ministry:34. Is your community of faith recognized as an Affirming Ministry by Affirm United/S’affirmer Ensemble? Yes No 35. Does your community of faith have an inclusive Marriage Policy that ensures all couples of all gender combinations are treated equally? Yes No 37. In the building, is there at least one washroom that has signage designating it as a gender inclusive washroom? Yes No 38. Is there a visible sign of welcome for the LGBTQ community? Yes No 39. Are LGBTQ themes included in worship, for example Pride or Transgender Day of Remembrance? Yes No 40. What are the languages that are regularly used in worship? Is there any additional feedback you would like to provide about Affirming Ministry? Administrative Questions To finish, up a few questions for administrative purposes::41. What is the capacity of the sanctuary? 42. How many break out rooms does your facility have? 43. What is the capacity of the meeting hall? Please enter 0 if you have no meeting hall. 44. Is there a commercial kitchen? Yes No 45(a). Does the facility have air conditioning? Yes No 45(b). If the facility has air conditioning in certain areas and does not in others, please list the areas that do have air conditioning. *Please write "entire facility" if your facility is completely air-conditioned. Is there any additional feedback you would like to provide related to the Administrative Questions? Survey Complete - General FeedbackOn behalf of the East Central Ontario Regional Council of The United Church of Canada, thank you very much for taking the time to complete this Survey. The information you have provided will be part of a searchable database and the data may be shared, in whole or in part, via our website at ecorcuccan.ca, and/or The United Church of Canada, in consideration of any privacy restrictions. Do you have any feedback or comments you would like to share about this Survey? CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
