Hospitality

• Identify the pattern or structure in your life that helps you meet and welcome new people.
• Put repeatable practices in place that help you meet, welcome, and follow-up with new people. This can help people know what to expect.
• Your talent can help bring balance to large group situations by articulating expectations/rules.

Offer Christ

• Outline and help communicate the guidelines for receiving the sacrament of baptism.
• Read, research, and understand the theology behind baptism.
• Help teach the importance of baptism in your local church.
• Ask and help others articulate the expectations of Jesus followers in your faith community.

Practice

• Identify a pattern of faith development that is meaningful for you. A daily pattern may be: in the morning, read scripture; during the day, serve others; in the evening, celebrate where you witness Jesus. SOAPY is another way to read scripture. Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer, Yielding.
• What is your “rule” or pattern of life? Remember to keep a Sabbath. Six days work. One day rest.
• Worship at the same time and same place. You may appreciate a worship service that follows a familiar liturgy every week.

Engage

• Oversee policies for serving with children and teens. Your ability to follow procedures will help students and parents know what to expect.
• You recognize the impartiality necessary to build relationships with people from a variety of financial, educational, social, and cultural contexts. Use this to share God’s love with others.
• Help the group, team, and/or ministry where you serve focus upon developing relationships with people living in poverty. Your keen eye for group dynamics will help set the stage for the group.
• Serve with the same organization on an ongoing basis. You’ll appreciate the opportunity to know the pattern and expectations from staff as well as the guests you serve.
• Advocate on behalf of persons who are treated unjustly. Use your advocacy as a way to engage in establishing fair practices for all people.