Below are a list of some of the most relevant activities from Church, Community and Change that you might find useful in envisioning and mobilising the church.
| Activity / Tool |
Title |
Purpose |
| Activity 6 |
The Christian CV |
To help people recognise that the church can be an alien environment for non-churchgoers |
| Activity 15 |
Gathering Local Information |
To raise awareness of the church in issues of local need |
| Activity 18 |
Church community mapping |
Activity 18 Church community mapping To recognise and build upon how people in the church are already involved in the community |
| Activity 21 |
Seeing is believing |
To help plan a visit to a church already involved in the community |
| Activity 24 |
Look before you leap |
To explain why spending time listening rather than just assuming we know the issues is important |
| Activity 27 |
Responding to needs in worship |
To provide ideas for communicating and praying about issues in church services |
| Activity 28 |
Listening skills |
To develop people’s listening skills |
| Activity 29 |
Asking open questions |
To develop people’s ability to ask open questions |
| Tool 1 |
Chatting |
To help people develop and use this informal skill |
| Tool 2 |
Interviewing |
To help people develop and practice this skill |
| Tool 3 |
Focus group discussions |
To help people lead group discussions |
| Tool 4 |
Questionnaires |
To help develop and practice the use of questionnaires |
| Tool 5 |
Historical profiling |
To help unearth issues in the community through looking at its history |
| Tool 6 |
Mapping |
To help identify issues in the community through drawing a map of the area |
In addition to these, there are many more activities in Church, Community and Change that may be of interest. These are available on CD from CCC@tearfund.org