Newlife Gifts and Interests

1. Preaching, Teaching & Training
   • Helping others understand the Bible better
   • Attending Bible courses we might run
   • Leading small group discussions
   • Speaking on Sunday (e.g. Word Team)
     ❏my main interest  ❏definitely want to learn more
     ❏ willing to help if needed   ❏ not really my thing
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2. Praise & Worship
   • Learning to sing or play an instrument
   • Leading praise & worship in small groups
   • Sunday praise & worship team
   • Helping with praise & worship events
     ❏my main interest  ❏definitely want to learn more
     ❏ willing to help if needed   ❏ not really my thing
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3. Children’s Ministries
   • Teacher’s assistant/helping with kids activities
   • Teaching kids on Sunday
   • Helping to run children’s events
     ❏my main interest  ❏definitely want to learn more
     ❏ willing to help if needed   ❏ not really my thing
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4. Prayer Ministry & Prophetic
   • Being part of an intercessory prayer team
   • Being on a prayer ministry team on Sundays
   • Learning how to grow in the prophetic
   • Helping with prayer ministry in small groups
     ❏my main interest  ❏definitely want to learn more
     ❏ willing to help if needed   ❏ not really my thing
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5. Evangelism
   • Developing gift in personal evangelism
   • Helping at evangelistic meetings & events
   • Making small groups more effective for evangelism
   • Helping to create evangelistic material
   • Evangelism team available at all meetings to talk to seekers
     ❏my main interest  ❏definitely want to learn more
     ❏ willing to help if needed   ❏ not really my thing
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6. Connecting & Strengthening Community
   • Welcoming new people at meetings
   • Noticing people who are by themselves and drawing people on the fringe into the life of the church
   • Making sure people are connected with homegroups and other unity-building events
   • Helping to organize social events and gatherings to meet the social & spiritual needs of people living in a big and impersonal city 
     ❏my main interest  ❏definitely want to learn more
     ❏ willing to help if needed   ❏ not really my thing
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Newlife Church Nov 3, 2024

7. Media and Communications
   • Social media and website
   • Supporting Evangelism and Connecting with excellent printed or audio-visual material
   • Sunday signs and visitor pack design
   • Developing new ways the church can communicate the gospel and our mission
     ❏my main interest  ❏definitely want to learn more
     ❏ willing to help if needed   ❏ not really my thing
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8. Homegroups & Leadership
   • Sunday: working with Connecting to invite new people into groups
   • Being trained in helping to run a group
   • Making sure groups are healthy and effective
   • Learning how to mentor others
     ❏my main interest  ❏definitely want to learn more
     ❏ willing to help if needed   ❏ not really my thing
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9. Practical Needs
   • Helping other members with all kinds of practical assistance (e.g transport, food, items needed, budgeting, finding work)
   • Impacting the practical needs of people living in Toronto: housing, addiction, desperation, accessing social services etc.
     (Mostly spontaneous, but we do want to start programs)
     ❏my main interest  ❏definitely want to learn more
     ❏ willing to help if needed   ❏ not really my thing
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10. Hospitality
    • Helping with the “food” dimension of all the activities of the church
    • Being hospitable to others where possible
      ❏my main interest  ❏definitely want to learn more
      ❏ willing to help if needed   ❏ not really my thing
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11. Pastoral & Discipleship
    • Responding to the hurting by coming alongside
    • Being trained to better care for others
    • Help with special-needs groups within the body
    • Being part of a discipleship program for new or growing Christians
      ❏my main interest  ❏definitely want to learn more
      ❏ willing to help if needed   ❏ not really my thing
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12. Administration & Planning
    • Admin support for all the other groups (e.g with members lists and communications)
    • Logistics planning for events
    • Organizing rosters/schedules and emailing people
    • Church finance, legal and policy & procedures
      ❏my main interest  ❏definitely want to learn more
      ❏ willing to help if needed   ❏ not really my thing
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