SERVE: Take part in God’s mission by serving others and creation

I use my gifts in service opportunities that others create for me. 

I understand that practicing peace and justice, respecting human dignity, and caring for creation are part of what it means to be a Christian and part of what it means for me to be part of a faith community. 

I see gifts (talents, resources, fruits of the spirit) that others have in my community and how our gifts become bigger when we share them.

I notice when the size of others’ needs is bigger than what I can do to help and look for ways for my faith community to join me in doing more. 

I start asking why others’ needs are so great and look for new ways to help.

I notice that my gifts are different from others around me and wonder if I have gifts that haven’t been recognized yet.

I understand that part of my purpose and call as a Christian is to serve others and care for creation – and I choose things to do in my community and/or the larger world that help me live into that call. 

I am confident in some of the gifts God has given me and am confident in using them to serve others.

I feel good when I use my gifts to help others.

I understand that God invites me and my faith community to work with God for peace, justice, human dignity and care of creation. 

I know that my faith community is called to serve the vulnerable and those living on the edge of society.

I am curious about what gifts I have to serve others.

I am increasingly aware that loving God and loving my neighbor is complex, while I continue to serve others and creation.

I have an increasing sense of my own passions for service with my own gifts to serve.

I know that who I am called to be in the world is related to the lives of others and creation. 

I know my call to serve others in community with God and others.

I know my particular gifts and calling to take part in God’s mission and help others understand that they have gifts and a call to serve.

I begin to be aware that faith leads to actions of justice.

I experience racial injustice as one of many injustices that my faith community acts upon.

I experience offering my own gifts.

I understand that practicing peace and justice, respecting human dignity, and caring for creation are part of what it means to be a Christian and part of what it means for me to belong to a faith community.   

I know my faith community is called to serve the vulnerable and the marginalized.

My faith increasingly informs my engagement in public life.

I notice that racial injustice is a central concern of the Episcopal Church.

I am curious about what gifts I have for ministry. 

I am open to discerning my gifts and vocation. 

I am increasingly aware of the complexity of applying Christian ethics to issues of peace, justice, human dignity and care for creation while continuing to serve alongside others.

I am increasingly aware of how I and my faith community have been complicit in the injustices of the world. 

I want to reconcile my faith with my engagement in public life.

I have an increasing sense of personal call to serve with particular gifts for ministry.

I understand the meaning and purpose of my life to be bound up in the lives of others and creation. 

I claim my call to serve as a practice of partnering with God and others.

I understand evil as an active force in the world and that we are in need of God’s salvation.

My engagement in public life is grounded in my faith.

I know my particular gifts and vocation to take part in God’s mission and am ready to help others discern their gifts and vocations.