Community Observation Guide

Alat #29: Community Observation Guide

Sekalipun anda sudah di himpunan sudah lama, anda perlu belajar melihat yang akrab dengan baru
Mata. Handbook Studying Congregations menyediakan seorang pemandu berguna karena melihat himpunan anda
Di cara segar, menyiagakan sampai penunjuk perlu sama baiknya dengan tanda pemerintahan Tuhan.

Berjalan lewat sebanyak himpunan sewaktu anda dapat; jika bidang luas sekali, atau jika cuaca ialah
Jelek, mengemudi ("windshield") meninjau adalah pilihan lain. Pada hari cerah yang hangat, jalan-jalan panjang
Menyenangkan mengalah dari kamar pertemuan panitia gereja biasa! Membantu untuk membuka tur dengan
Doa, Tuhan itu akan membolehkan anda untuk melihat dengan matanya cinta dan ketajaman.

Sebagai anda tur, mencari bukti pengikut-pengikut:
- Kelompok-kelompok orang : Yang berdiri di halte bus, berkeluyuran di pojok jalan, pergi ke dalam
Perusahaan, bermain di taman, antri di luar Tentara Keselamatan? Umur mengatakan, ethnicities,
Bahasa, status ekonomi nyata. Adalah orang yang bergaul dengan satu sama lain banyak, atau bertindak di
Isolasi?

- Tempat aktivitas : sendi pizza berdesak-desak dengan masa muda, sibuk berbelanja pusat, sangat diperdagangkan
Persimpangan, pelataran bermain, zona sekolah

- Tanda uang kembalian : perusahaan yang membuka atau tutup, pembuatan perumahan, penjualan atau pembongkaran,
languages added to shop signs, congregations meeting in places that were not built originally for
them

- Services : Where can people go to shop, eat out, get an education, worship, receive assistance?
What appears to be the quantity and quality of available services?

- Vibes : What kinds of feelings do you get from your encounters in the community? What feels
familiar / strange, safe / dangerous, friendly / hostile, sad / happy, inviting / repellant, pleasant /
uncomfortable?
It can be helpful for each member of the group to take a sheet of paper with columns labeled with
each of these headings to organize your observations as you walk or drive.
After the tour, take time as a group to compare notes and reflect on your observations.

- Try to put yourselves in the shoes of the people you see. Discuss what challenges they are likely
to face as they go about their daily life. What are the likely sources of stress and dysfunction? What
opportunities and benefits does the community have to offer?

- What evidence of changes do you see in the neighborhood, and how might these changes affect
people?

- Try to imagine life in the community through the perspective of various groups of people: families
with young children, teenagers, single parents, persons with handicaps, immigrants, seniors on a
fixed income, etc.

- How might community residents view your congregation? Would you be perceived as allies,
foreigners, friends, helpers, annoyances, or simply irrelevant?

- What might Jesus have to say to this community? How is the Good News of salvation through
Christ that your congregation has to share relevant here?

- Close with a time of prayer for the community and for your congregation's witness and service
there (see the Holistic Mission Prayer Guide, Tool #1).