[scroll down for spiritual gifts assessment resources from week 2 of "ripple effect"]
Sometimes life feels like a movie that you arrived to 40 minutes late.
Good things happen. Even beautiful things. But tragic things happen, too. What does it all mean?
You woke up this morning in the middle of a story. A story that is sometimes wonderful, sometimes awful ... usually a confusing mixture of both. Who are we? Why is all of this happening? Is there really a plot? If so, where's the story headed? What's the meaning of it all?
We need to know the rest of the story.
Join us on June 26 & 27 as we begin a brand-new series called, “The Story.” It’s the story we find ourselves in. And we’re kicking it off with an amazing presentation called “Chosen Garment” — the whole Bible in one act.
See you this weekend (Saturday @ 5pm, Sunday @ 9:30 or 11am) at TerraNova.
Spiritual Gifts Assessments.
During the 2nd week of the Ripple Effect series, we encouraged everyone to "Find their P.E.G." (Passions, Experiences, and Gifts). There are a lot of books and on-line resources to help you out with this. Here are some links to some on-line gifts assessment "tests."
Couple of disclaimers are in order here:
1) We don't maintain any of these links, and don't claim any affiliation with or affirmation of the content of these tests or their related web sites. Proceed at your own risk! (But by all means, proceed!)
2) Taking these tests — and more than one of them! — is a great way to start. But hands down we believe that the best way to discover what your Gifts are and how your Passions, Experiences, and Gifts fit into "the body" is by experimentation and experience!
There's really no substitute for jumping in and trying things out. (In fact, most of these tests assume that you've actually tried doing this stuff.) That said, start clicking away and have fun.
• Online Spiritual Gifts Questionnaire (ElmerTowns.com)
• Network Spiritual Gifts Assessment (downloadable pdf)
• Online Spiritual Gifts Analysis (churchgrowth.org)
• Online Spiritual Gifts Test Inventory (mintools.com)
• Online Spiritual Gifts Test (kodachrome.org)
A couple of books you might benefit from checking out (if you're into that sort of thing):
Discover Your Spiritual Gifts the Network Way, by Bruce Bugbee.
What You Do Best in the Body of Christ, by Bruce Bugbee.
Now Discover Your Strengths, by Marcus Buckingham & Donald Clifton (popular book that takes a different tact, from a business / marketplace perspective).