What has God already placed
in your congregation?
This is not a survey. This is a discovery. In the next few minutes you will name the gifts, connections, and callings already present in you and those around you — things that have always been there, waiting to be recognized.
Skills & Talents
What do you do? What do you know how to do? Think about what people come to you for.
e.g. teaching, organizing events, graphic design, accounting, nursing, carpentry, cooking, counseling, playing music…
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Relational Connections
Who do you know? What networks, organizations, or communities are you part of or connected to?
e.g. school principal at Lincoln Elementary, works in healthcare at IU Health, sits on city council, knows the director at United Way, connected to faith networks…
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Physical Assets
What do you have access to? What can you bring — spaces, vehicles, equipment, supplies?
e.g. a 15-passenger van, a commercial kitchen, a storage unit, a printing press, a recording studio, land, tools, a meeting room…
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Personal Aspirations
What do you want to do that you have never tried? What has God placed in you that has not yet found expression?
e.g. start a youth mentorship program, lead a missions trip, open a healing ministry, teach a class, start a community garden, write a curriculum…
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Spiritual Gifts
What gifts has God placed in you for the sake of others? These are the things you do that feel like they come from somewhere beyond your training.
e.g. encouragement, intercession, healing, prophecy, service, wisdom, discernment, teaching, mercy, giving, leadership…
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Review what you have named
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What you named matters.
Your gifts, connections, and callings have been received. This is not the end of a form. This is the beginning of formation. Your congregation's leadership will use what you shared to help your community recognize what God has already placed among you.