Listening Session Summary Form for use after completion of your listening session.
Use as much space or additional sheets to capture observations as you need!
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1. Listening session number and date:_________________________________________
Where we have been and where we are going, invited by the Holy Spirit.
2. What were common or important themes that emerged from this listening session?
3. Which particular stories or real-life experiences were shared related to the way our church
currently journeys together? (Give examples with identifying information, but without names
e.g., a young Hispanic woman shared a story of her faith in God increasing as a result of her First
Communion or a middle-aged African American man saw his faith grow through participation in a
faith-sharing group.)
4. What dreams, desires, and aspirations for our Church were expressed by participants?
5. What challenges or opportunities do these reflections pose as we journey together?
6. What did participants share related to the question of “what steps does the Holy Spirit invite us to
take in order to grow in our journeying together”?
Listening Session Summary Form for use after completion of your listening session.
Use as much space or additional sheets to capture observations as you need!
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Synod Consultation Participation
Describe who participated in the session by answering the questions below. Please feel free to roughly
estimate:
11. How many total people participated in this sessions?____________________
12. How many session participants were from each of the following age groups?
Age group
# of participants
0-13 (children and early adolescents)
14-17 (high school youth)
18-23 (emerging adults)
24 to 30s (young adult)
40s to 60s (middle age)
65 and up (elders)
13. How many participants were from each of the following ethnic, race, or culture groups?
Ethnic, race, or culture group
# of participants
African American/Black/African
Caucasian/White
Chinese
Filipino
Hispanic/Latino
Japanese
Korean
Native American/American Indian/Alaskan Native
Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian
Vietnamese
Multi-Racial
Other/Unknown
14. How many participants were from each of the following gender groups?
Gender group
# of participants
Female
Male
15. What other groups were unique or notable in their participation? (Describe and list the number of
participants).