Membership Class Spring 2011!

God Has Made Each of Us Unique “Your hands have fashioned me and made me.” (Job 10:8a) “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, my soul knows it very well.”(Psalm 139:13-14) “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (Ephesians 2:10)

“But now, O Lord, You are our Father, We are the clay, and you are the potter; and all of us are the work of your hand.” Isaiah 64:8

Spiritual Gifts SHAPE Spiritual Gifts Heart Abilities Personality E xperience

SPIRITUAL GIFTS “To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.” “All these (gifts) are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions each one individually as he wills.” (1 Cor 12:7,11) Key Question: What am I gifted to do?

How do I find my unique SHAPE?

HEART “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” (Psalm 37:4) What do you like to do? What age group do you gravitate toward? Where on the growth spectrum do you gravitate? What would you like to see changed? What keeps you up at night? What burden(s) has God given you? What is broken in the world that God wants you to be a part of restoring? Key Question: What do I love to do?

ABILITIES “I (God)…have given him skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of crafts…” (Bezalel) (Exodus 31:3) “And I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you.” (v6) Work in every craft: Cut stones, carve wood, work with metals, make clothes. Key Question: What natural talents and skills do I have?

PERSONALITY “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, my soul knows it very well.” (Psalm 139:13-14) Key Question: Where does my personality best suit me to serve?

PERSONALITY

PERSONALITY Introvert or Extrovert Am I a more of an outer focused person or an inner focused person? Sensing or Intuition Am I a facts person or more of a possibility person? Thinking or Feeling Am I more of a logic minded person or more of a relationship minded person? Perceiving or Judging Am I a more of a structured person or more of a spontaneous person?

Put yourself on the Scale Introvert or Extrovert Sensing or Intuition Thinking or Feeling Perceiving or Judging

EXPERIENCES Spiritual Experiences Educational Experiences Ministry Experiences Painful Experiences “1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” Romans 5:1-5

Key Question: What types of experiences have I had that help speak into who I am? Romans 5:4-5Schreiner First, afflictions produce endurance. Those who undergo troubles are toughened up, so that they are able to withstand the storms of life. Second, endurance produces (tested character)… testing, James 1:3; 1 Pet. 1:7). Elsewhere the term involves the validation or proof of one’s character (2 Cor. 2:9; 8:2; 9:13; 13:3; Phil. 2:22). After one endures many difficulties, a strength of character develops that was not present previously. Such tested character in turn generates hope. Why does tested character spark hope? Because moral transformation constitutes evidence that one has really been changed by God. Thus it assures believers that the hope of future glory is not an illusion. There is a pattern of growth in the here and now, however imperfect, that indicates that we are changing. Believers, then, become assured that the process that God has begun he will complete (1 Cor. 1:8; Phil. 1:6).

Application Time Box gifts, take test Box gifts, take test Circle abilities/personality Circle abilities/personality Write out experiences Write out experiences Discuss results with a few around you Discuss results with a few around you