From time to time, we give worshippers a chance to choose between two learning styles. On Sunday morning Feb 27, some participants chose a “workshop format” as we thought together about spiritual gifts.
Here are the abilities and spiritual gifts that our participants are praying are found at St Michael’s in greater measure. I’ve repeated a word where more than one group named it, and grouped them in what seemed to me to be sets of similar gifts:
A
Kindness and mercy
Kindness to the depressed or those struggling with mental health
Counselling for young people
Hospitality
Hospitality
Help and care
People who can encourage us
B
Evangelism
Evangelism
Outreach
C
People who are “on fire” spiritually
The supernatural gifts – miracles, tongues, healing
D
Musicians who can lead contemporary worship
People who can lead “worship that flows”
E
Ideas people/apostolic
People who can start new things
F
Administration
People who can maintain structures
G
Leadership
H
People good at relating to young people
Several groups made the point that we probably have all the gifts needed, but some way is required to help those with gifts “step forward” and offer them. Other groups said that we needed more teaching on spiritual gifts – especially the supernatural ones – and more opportunity to use them in worship and “weave them into our lives”.
Could you pray that these gifts are indeed found in greater measure at St Michael’s? And of course part of that prayer has to be to say “and if it’s me you want to have that gift, please give it to me, Lord!”
Here are the abilities and spiritual gifts that our participants are praying are found at St Michael’s in greater measure. I’ve repeated a word where more than one group named it, and grouped them in what seemed to me to be sets of similar gifts:
A
Kindness and mercy
Kindness to the depressed or those struggling with mental health
Counselling for young people
Hospitality
Hospitality
Help and care
People who can encourage us
B
Evangelism
Evangelism
Outreach
C
People who are “on fire” spiritually
The supernatural gifts – miracles, tongues, healing
D
Musicians who can lead contemporary worship
People who can lead “worship that flows”
E
Ideas people/apostolic
People who can start new things
F
Administration
People who can maintain structures
G
Leadership
H
People good at relating to young people
Several groups made the point that we probably have all the gifts needed, but some way is required to help those with gifts “step forward” and offer them. Other groups said that we needed more teaching on spiritual gifts – especially the supernatural ones – and more opportunity to use them in worship and “weave them into our lives”.
Could you pray that these gifts are indeed found in greater measure at St Michael’s? And of course part of that prayer has to be to say “and if it’s me you want to have that gift, please give it to me, Lord!”
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