Polls

Q )A question goes here

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Answer 1	Answer 2	Answer 3
Total Votes : 0

Q )What type of charities should the SGCCF principally support?

0(0.00%)	0(0.00%)	0(0.00%)	2(100.00%)

Evangelical charities e.g.the Bible Society	Medical charities e.g. Medecin sans Frontieres	Educational charities e.g. St James Mission School	A mix of charities
Total Votes : 2

Q )What's your favourite cake for Thursday village hall teas at Aldbrough

0(0.00%)	1(25.00%)	1(25.00%)	2(50.00%)

Victoria sponge	Lemon drizzle	Gingerbread	Chocolate sponge
Total Votes : 4

Q )What do you give up for Lent?

1(25.00%)	2(50.00%)	0(0.00%)	1(25.00%)

Chocolate	Alcohol	Biscuits	Expensive food
Total Votes : 4

Q )How should church buildings be used?

0(0.00%)	0(0.00%)	2(100.00%)

Just for church services	Some space should be available for mingling, chatting etc.	The nave area should be a flexible open space
Total Votes : 2

Q )Should we start using social media, and which?

1(33.33%)	1(33.33%)	0(0.00%)	1(33.33%)

None at all	Just Twitter and/or Facebook	Others -please contact us to say which	Make more use of group emails instead
Total Votes : 3

Q )What is the best option for Harvest Festival offerings?

0(0.00%)	2(66.67%)	1(33.33%)	0(0.00%)

Fresh produce to give to the needy in the benefice	Tinned and packet groceries to go to a food bank	Money donations to go to a charity such as Christian Aid	Purely decorative fruit etc for the church for HF services
Total Votes : 3

Q )How should churches fund improvements such as loos?

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By involving the whole local community in fund-raising	By careful management of church funds so only the PCC pays.	By looking for organisations who will give grants	By trying to persuade a rich parishioner to leave an enormou
Total Votes : 0

Q )How should churches fund improvements such as loos?

2(50.00%)	0(0.00%)	1(25.00%)	1(25.00%)

By involving the whole local community in fund-raising	By careful management of church funds so only the PCC pays.	By looking for organisations who will give grants	By persuading a rich parishioner to leave an enormous legacy
Total Votes : 4

Q )Do you take down your Christmas decorations..

0(0.00%)	2(33.33%)	3(50.00%)	1(16.67%)

as soon as possible after 25 December	once into the New Year	6 January (Twelfth Night, Epiphany)	2 February (Candlemas)
Total Votes : 6

Q )6 March - Mother's Day or Mothering Sunday

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Mother's Day	Mothering Sunday	Neither - it's Refreshment Sunday	Mother's Day is 8 May
Total Votes : 2

Q )Should the date of Easter be fixed?

1(25.00%)	0(0.00%)	1(25.00%)	2(50.00%)

Yes - to give a fixed school term length	Yes - 1st Sunday in April	Yes - 2nd Sunday in April so Spring BH is also Whit	No - keep it as it is
Total Votes : 4

Q )We've been discussing how to offer the Peace in our services, What do you prefer?

2(25.00%)	4(50.00%)	1(12.50%)	1(12.50%)

The Priest to offer the Peace and the congregation to reply.	To shake hands with those around you	To walk around the church offering the Peace to all	To offer the Peace as a hug rather than a handshake
Total Votes : 8

Q )Harvest Festival - should we ask for

1(25.00%)	2(50.00%)	1(25.00%)	0(0.00%)

home grown/made produce to distribute in our villages	tins, packets etc to take to the food bank	donations for a development charity eg Christian Aid	nothing. Just decorate the church & give thanks.
Total Votes : 4

Q )20 November is Stir Up Sunday Do you

1(100.00%)	0(0.00%)	0(0.00%)	0(0.00%)

Always make my Christmas puddings then	Make my own Christmas puddings earlier than that	Buy my Christmas puddings	Never eat Christmas pudding
Total Votes : 1

Q )Social media - should we have a benefice

0(0.00%)	0(0.00%)	3(75.00%)	1(25.00%)

Twitter feed	Facebook page	Both	Neither
Total Votes : 4

Q )What is your Christmas greeting

1(100.00%)	0(0.00%)	0(0.00%)	0(0.00%)

Merry Christmas and a happy New year	Happy Christmas	Season's greetings	Bah! Humbug!
Total Votes : 1

Q )When do Christmas decorations come down?

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26 December - sooner the better	Once we're into New Year	12th Night or 6 Jan	2 Feb - keep hem til Candlemas
Total Votes : 2

Q )It's nearly Shrove Tuesday (28 Feb) Do you..

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make pancakes in advance ready for Pancake Day?	make them as required at mealtime but at least 6 each?	make one token pancake each?	what's all this about pancakes?
Total Votes : 1

Q )What do you serve with your pancakes?

5(83.33%)	1(16.67%)	0(0.00%)	0(0.00%)

Lemon and sugar	Golden syrup	Fruit compote	Savoury fillings
Total Votes : 6

Q )On 26 March is it

2(66.67%)	0(0.00%)	1(33.33%)	0(0.00%)

Mothering Sunday	Mother's Day	Refreshment Sunday	it's just Sunday innit?
Total Votes : 3

Q )The Great Chocolate Egg debate - how do you feel

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Very annoyed that NT didn't call it an Easter Egg hunt	More cross that 'Easter' is not now on most chocolate eggs	Just good publicity for all parties involved	A storm in an egg-cup. Get a life.
Total Votes : 1

Q )Which festival should be public a holiday?

2(40.00%)	3(60.00%)	0(0.00%)	0(0.00%)

St George's Day (23 April)	All Saints Day (1 November)	St David's Day (1 March)	None of these
Total Votes : 5

Q )Where should we hold the licensing service? NB. this is NOT a referendum

0(0.00%)	2(40.00%)	2(40.00%)	1(20.00%)

Aldbrough, St Paul's	Forcett, St Cuthbert's	Melsonby, St James the Great	Stanwick St John
Total Votes : 5

Q )Should bishops get rid of the mitre and other fancy garb?

1(14.29%)	4(57.14%)	0(0.00%)	2(28.57%)

Yes - all of it	No - none of it	Maybe just the mitre	Get Vivienne Westwood to design new episcopal wear
Total Votes : 7

Q )What's your favourite Harvest hymn?

1(16.67%)	4(66.67%)	0(0.00%)	1(16.67%)

Come, ye thankful people come	We plough the fields and scatter	For the fruits of his creation	God, whose farm is all creation
Total Votes : 6

Q )We're having our Charities Coffee Morning 11 Nov. What's your favourite stall?

0(0.00%)	4(100.00%)	0(0.00%)	0(0.00%)

The big raffle	Home made cakes and preserves	Pre-owned boks	Christmas goodies
Total Votes : 4

Q )What's your favourite Christmas season service?

1(12.50%)	2(25.00%)	0(0.00%)	5(62.50%)

Christingle	Lessons and Carols	Crib Service	Midnight Mass
Total Votes : 8

Q )When do your Christmas decorations come down?

2(40.00%)	2(40.00%)	0(0.00%)	1(20.00%)

As soon as possible	6 January	New Year's Day	Candlemas (2 Feb)
Total Votes : 5

Q )13 February is Shrove (Pancake) Tuesday. Do you

0(0.00%)	1(33.33%)	1(33.33%)	1(33.33%)

Toss your pancakes with consummate skill	Turn them carefully with a spatula or similar	Always end up with something like scrambled egg	Buy ready made pancakes at the supermarket
Total Votes : 3

Q )How will you recognise the season of Lent?

0(0.00%)	1(50.00%)	0(0.00%)	1(50.00%)

Give up something like wine or chocolate	Give up something like space travel	Go to church more often	Give a daily gift to a good cause eg food bank
Total Votes : 2

Q )It will soon be Easter. Willl you celebrate with

1(100.00%)	0(0.00%)	0(0.00%)	0(0.00%)

The biggest chocolate egg you can afford	Just a Cadbury's creme egg	A traditional hard boiled, decorated egg	A chocolate rabbit
Total Votes : 1

Q )How do you like your churchyards?

2(22.22%)	4(44.44%)	0(0.00%)	3(33.33%)

Grass kept short and cuttings cleared	Grass cut regularly but it's not too often, not too short.	Grass cuttings and flowers left as natural compost	Great place for a wildlife haven. Cut infrequently.
Total Votes : 9

Q )What are the best refreshments after church services?

0(0.00%)	5(71.43%)	0(0.00%)	2(28.57%)

Coffee & biscuits	Tea, coffee and cake	Tea and Toast	Wine and cheese
Total Votes : 7

Q )What are you doing to recognise Lent this year?

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Give up chocolate or alcohol	Do a good deed every day	Attend or organise a frugal meal to raise aid money	Nothing, too busy
Total Votes : 1

Q )We are looking at installing wi-fi in our churches. Is this..

12(48.00%)	1(4.00%)	0(0.00%)	12(48.00%)

A good idea long overdue.	Possibly a good idea but what does it cost.	Not really a good idea as there is no use for it in church	An abomination to be avoided at all costs.
Total Votes : 25

Q )When do you put up your Christmas tree?

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Always up by start of December.	Sometime round abouy mid-December	Christmas Eve	What Christmas tree?
Total Votes : 0

Q )When do you put up your Christmas tree?

1(12.50%)	5(62.50%)	2(25.00%)	0(0.00%)

Always up by start of December.	Sometime round about mid-December	Christmas Eve	What Christmas tree?
Total Votes : 8

Q )Your New Year Resolutions: Have they..

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transformed your life so you're now a better person?	become a bit of a chore but you're hanging in there?	not been observed since the earliest days of January?	remained a good intention you never got around to making?
Total Votes : 1

Q )What's your favourite soup?

0(0.00%)	0(0.00%)	1(25.00%)	3(75.00%)

Vegetable	Leek and potato	Spicy lentil	Cream of mushroom
Total Votes : 4

Q )If you are self-isolating (or should be) what do you miss most?

1(16.67%)	0(0.00%)	0(0.00%)	5(83.33%)

Going to the pub	Meeting people in shops, cafes etc	Going to church	Visits from family and friends
Total Votes : 6

Q )What is the best topic for pictures on social media?

0(0.00%)	0(0.00%)	1(25.00%)	3(75.00%)

Cats	Puppies	Churches and cathedrals	Yorkshire scenery
Total Votes : 4

Q )What is your favourite Harvest hymn?

1(16.67%)	3(50.00%)	0(0.00%)	2(33.33%)

Come ye thankful people, come	For the fruits of His creation	Praise , O praise our God and King	We plough the fields and scatter
Total Votes : 6

Q )How should we celebrate Christmas at our churches this year?

3(50.00%)	1(16.67%)	0(0.00%)	2(33.33%)

In our churches with spaced congregations	On Zoom from our homes or elsewhere	With outdoor celebrations	All of these.
Total Votes : 6

Q )Should we keep Christmas decorations up until Candlemas (2 Feb) or just Epiphany (6 Jan)/

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Yes, always keep them till Candlemas	Yes but just this year as it's so miserable	No, take them down 6 Jan	6 Jan!! Mine come down on Boxing Day
Total Votes : 1

Q )What will you give up for Lent?

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Chocolate	Wine	Social media	Something from my food cupboard to go to the Food Bank
Total Votes : 1

Q )What are your favourite flowers to put in church at this time of year?

1(25.00%)	2(50.00%)	1(25.00%)	0(0.00%)

Forsythia	Daffodils	Primula	Llilies
Total Votes : 4

Q )What are you most looking forward to at churchpost-Covid?

1(14.29%)	2(28.57%)	2(28.57%)	1(14.29%)

Singing hymns	Full Communion	Coffee and chat	Shaking hands for the Peace
Total Votes : 7

Q )Which of these carols should be banned for a few years due to recent over-use?

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Hark, the herald angels sing	O come allye faithful	In dulci jubilo (instrumental versions only)	O little town of Bethlehem
Total Votes : 0

Q )Which of these carols should be banned for a few years due to recent over-use?

1(50.00%)	0(0.00%)	0(0.00%)	1(50.00%)

Hark, the herald angels sing	O come all ye faithful	In dulci jubilo (instrumental versions only)	O little town of Bethlehem
Total Votes : 2

Q )Which of these have you seen in s supermarket so far this January?

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Easter eggs	Valentine cards	Pancake Day ads	Mother's Day gifts and cards
Total Votes : 0

Q )Which of these have you seen in a supermarket so far this January?

0(0.00%)	1(100.00%)	0(0.00%)	0(0.00%)

Easter eggs	Valentine cards / gifts	Mother's Day cards / gifts	Pancake day promotions
Total Votes : 1

Q )How are you recognising Lent

0(0.00%)	1(33.33%)	0(0.00%)	2(66.67%)

Doing an online Lent course	Doing an in-person Lent group	Giving up something I enjoy	None of these. Not bothered about Lent
Total Votes : 3