Stewardship is the grateful response of a Christian disciple
who recognizes and receives God’s gifts
and shares these gifts in love of God and neighbor.
Gift discovery to live our mission as the Lord's stewards.
Stewardship: a grateful response to God’s love.
Everything that we have and all that we are is a gift from our loving Father. Our life, our parents, our neighbors, our talents, gifts, and skills, everything has been given to us as a gift.
We often serve where there’s a need rather than where we are gifted. Discovering our talents, gifts, and skills helps us to identify how God is calling each of us to a unique purpose. How do we recognize our unique gifts? A good place to begin is prayer. How about asking the Holy Spirit to guide you in discovering your unique giftedness? Then when you are ready, participate in this Gifted to Serve ministry match discovery tool.
Our gifts are to be shared with others in order to build His Kingdom. When we serve together as a community we build relationships with each other and ultimately with our Lord. Every baptized person is called to the mission of making Jesus Christ known and loved.
Discovery is not discernment of Charisms. This tool will give you an introductory evaluation of your talents, gifts, skills, and possible ministries to share your gifts in love of God and neighbor.
Talents, gifts, and skills differ from a charism. A charism is a spiritual gift given by the Holy Spirit at Baptism and Confirmation. Talents instruct, inspire, or entertain on a natural level. However, when a charism is exercised, something supernatural happens in and through the one who is ministering.
Keep in mind that discerning our charisms is a lifelong process. If you would like to further discern your potential charisms after taking this discovery, consider attending a Called & Gifted Workshop. https://catholicdioceseofwichita.org/stewardship/called-and-gifted/
“Above all, let your love for one another be intense, because love covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one another without complaining. As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace. Whoever preaches, let it be with the words of God; whoever serves, let it be with the strength that God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to who belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” 1 Peter 4:8-10
LINK to the online discovery: https://bit.ly/Gifted2ServeDiscoveryTool
