Work Groups [Presenter: Divide the participants into smaller groups according to their highest score. Everyone who has scored highest on no. 1–The Teaching Cluster–form a group. Everyone who has scored highest on no. 2–The Shepherding\Evangelizing Cluster–form a group, etc. Give each participant a Gift Description plus a Worksheet.] Gift Descriptions and Worksheets: (Handouts) 1. Teaching Cluster 2. Shepherding\Evangelizing Cluster 3. Supporter Cluster 4. Counselor Cluster 5. Leadership Cluster Group Work Activity (30-40 minutes) (To be done within separated groups. Have each group choose a leader or have facilitators designated ahead of time. Give her all of the material for that group’s cluster.) The leader should give a Spiritual Gift Description to each member of the group. Go through each spiritual gift. Help each member of the to identify herself with one or more of the gifts in the cluster. Discuss the questions on the worksheet. When time is up form one group again. Developing our Gifts Once we know our gift, we should focus on it. We can ask God to open doors or show us places where we can serve and where our gift can develop. We can attend seminars relevant to our gift. We can search for mentors with whom we can work and learn. I said earlier that the Spiritual Gifts are given to us for the purpose of ministering to others, and that is true. But my personal experience has also been that we discover there are positive things that happen to us personally as a result of developing and using our gifts. It a sense of worth and purpose to know that God has a unique contribution for us to make. Because all the are equally important there is no room for competition. It downplays feelings of We will be more enthusiastic and less frustrated and discouraged because we are serving in an area where we are gifted rather than struggling where we are not. It gives a sense of worth and purpose to know that God has a unique contribution for us to make. Our spiritual gift can help us develop a healthy self-esteem and an assurance that we are needed—a basic human need. We all need to feel that we are important to our church family and that our contribution is necessary for the growth of the whole church.
Work Groups [Presenter: Divide the participants into smaller groups according to their highest score. Everyone who has scored highest on no. 1–The Teaching Cluster–form a group. Everyone who has scored highest on no. 2–The Shepherding\Evangelizing Cluster–form a group, etc. Give each participant a Gift Description plus a Worksheet.] Gift Descriptions and Worksheets: (Handouts) 1. Teaching Cluster 2. Shepherding\Evangelizing Cluster 3. Supporter Cluster 4. Counselor Cluster 5. Leadership Cluster Group Work Activity (30-40 minutes) (To be done within separated groups. Have each group choose a leader or have facilitators designated ahead of time. Give her all of the material for that group’s cluster.) The leader should give a Spiritual Gift Description to each member of the group. Go through each spiritual gift. Help each member of the to identify herself with one or more of the gifts in the cluster. Discuss the questions on the worksheet. When time is up form one group again. Developing our Gifts Once we know our gift, we should focus on it. We can ask God to open doors or show us places where we can serve and where our gift can develop. We can attend seminars relevant to our gift. We can search for mentors with whom we can work and learn. I said earlier that the Spiritual Gifts are given to us for the purpose of ministering to others, and that is true. But my personal experience has also been that we discover there are positive things that happen to us personally as a result of developing and using our gifts. It a sense of worth and purpose to know that God has a unique contribution for us to make. Because all the are equally important there is no room for competition. It downplays feelings of We will be more enthusiastic and less frustrated and discouraged because we are serving in an area where we are gifted rather than struggling where we are not. It gives a sense of worth and purpose to know that God has a unique contribution for us to make. Our spiritual gift can help us develop a healthy self-esteem and an assurance that we are needed—a basic human need. We all need to feel that we are important to our church family and that our contribution is necessary for the growth of the whole church.
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