(Matthew 20:28)

[Circle or write in your answers to the following questions. Feel free to write explanatory notes by your answers or on the reverse of this page.]

1. What’s your gift (I Peter 4:10-11)?

Speaking? Serving?

or (another way to conceive of the distinctions)

Prophet? (Speaking the truth) King ? (ordering, leading) Priest? (compassion, caring)

2. What’s your passion (e.g., Romans 15:20)?

Worshiping the Shepherd? Feeding the flock? Seeking the lost locally?

Seeking the lost globally? Leading the flock out front? Leading the flock behind the scenes?

3. What’s your context (Titus 2:1-11)?

Nursery? Children? Youth? College? Adults? Men? Women?

4. What’s your capacity (Exodus 18:21-23)?

1-on-1? Small group of 10? 50? 100? 1000?

5. What’s your counsel (Proverbs 15:22)? [I.e., what do others say you are good at and/or where you should plug in?]

Parents?

Spouse?

Friends elsewhere?

Friends here?

Elder?

Shepherding Group leader?

Other?

 

6. What’s your experience (Acts 9:26-30; 11:25)? [I.e., where have you served fruitfully in the past in the church or even in other groups you have been part of?]

7. So, then, what’s your sense of your distinctive calling from Christ on where to serve at CGS?