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  • 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.

    Stewardship:  a grateful response to God’s love.  God is calling us each to a unique purpose but often, we serve where there’s a need rather than where we are gifted.  Discovering our talents, gifts, and skills helps determine a place to begin serving or to make a change.  

    Our gifts are to be shared with others in order to build His Kingdom.  When we serve as a community we build relationships with each other and ultimately with our Lord.  

    It will take you approximately 10 minutes to complete this gift discovery.  These 75 questions will assess your talents, gifts, and skills in 15 different areas.  Once you have completed this discovery, you will receive an email that will include your results in order of priority.  The email will include descriptions, scripture references, a patron saint and suggested ministries to use your gifts and to deepen your understanding of your giftedness!  We suggest that you focus on the top 5.

    Read each statement then rate it in terms of how true this is for you, not how you think you should behave or feel. Be as honest as possible. In most cases, your first thought on what the answer should be will be the most accurate.

    Responses:

    “4” most always true | “3” often true | “2” undecided | “1” sometimes true | “0” not true

  • Would you like to share your results with your parish? If yes, please select parish from the list below.*
  • 1. When presented a goal, I immediately think of steps that need to be taken in order to achieve the desired results. *
  • 2. I enjoy making beautiful things, especially when I know that it benefits others and gives glory to God.*
  • 3. I like sharing with other people how God has changed my life.*
  • 4. There have been times when I have felt sure I knew God’s specific will for the future even when others have not been so sure.*
  • 5. When I know someone is facing a crisis, I feel compelled to provide support and care.*
  • 6. I enjoy meeting new people and becoming acquainted with them.*
  • 7. I know that God hears and responds to my daily prayers*
  • 8. When I am in a group, others will often look to me for direction.*
  • 9. Visiting people in retirement homes or the hospital gives me great satisfaction.*
  • 10. I have sung or played an instrument before groups and felt a real sense of God’s presence.*
  • 11. People have come to me for spiritual help and it has developed into a long-term relationship.*
  • 12. I take action to meet physical and practical needs rather than merely talking about or planning to help.*
  • 13. Students have told me that I can take the most difficult idea or concept and make it understandable.*
  • 14. When a challenge is presented, I am usually able to identify an appropriate solution.*
  • 15. I love to use words creatively and have been told that I am an unusually gifted writer.*
  • 16. I enjoy organizing thoughts, ideas, hopes and dreams into a specific plan of action.*
  • 17. Working creatively with my hands whether with paint, food, wood, plants etc. is a form of prayer or contemplation for me.*
  • 18. It is easy for me to talk to other people about life and/or spiritual matters.*
  • 19. I am certain of God’s loving presence even when things go wrong.*
  • 20. Those who are struggling with life questions have come to me for guidance and help.*
  • 21. I enjoy inviting visitors and guests in the parish to become involved in parish ministry.*
  • 22. I pray for others often and for significant periods of time even when I am doing other things.*
  • 23. I have successfully led a group through the process of turning a faith-based vision or goal into reality.*
  • 24. I feel an urgency to provide housing for the homeless, food for the starving, comfort for those in distress.*
  • 25. Singing or playing a musical instrument is one of my favorite ways to pray.*
  • 26. I enjoy leading small groups of people especially when I am able to show genuine care and concern.*
  • 27. I like working behind the scenes to ensure projects are successful.*
  • 28. One of the joys of my ministry is training people to be more effective in living out their faith.*
  • 29. People with spiritual problems have come to me for advice and counsel.*
  • 30. When I use my ability to write, I know others will learn and grow from it.*
  • 31. When I am in a disorganized group, I tend to be the first one to step foward to get us organized.*
  • 32. I am good at building, repairing, or restoring things and find satisfaction in doing so.*
  • 33. I have sometimes shared spiritual experiences with a friend or neighbor who doesn’t attend church.*
  • 34. I am very confident that God answers prayer and will provide all that I need to serve others and fulfill my God-given mission in life.*
  • 35. I have prayed with a person who was in distress, and the person was comforted.*
  • 36. I express my Catholic faith by welcoming guests or strangers to my home or community as I would welcome Jesus.*
  • 37. God seems to use my prayers as a way through which his love can reach others; people are often helped in remarkable ways when I pray for them.*
  • 38. I am able to communicate vision in such a way that others commit to making the vision a reality.*
  • 39. I enjoy doing things to comfort people during sickness or times of trouble and/or anxiety.*
  • 40. I am musically gifted; my ability to write or perform music has delighted and nourished others and given me much satisfaction.*
  • 41. I enjoy having the responsibility of leading other people to grow spiritually.*
  • 42. When there is something to be done for the church, I’m glad to help, but I don’t want to be in charge.*
  • 43. I enjoy spending time learning new things and then figuring out how to help others learn them as well.*
  • 44. I feel that I have insight in selecting workable alternatives in difficult situations.*
  • 45. I am able to take a thought or idea and put it into a clear and inspiring written form.*
  • 46. I can easily delegate important responsibilities to other people.*
  • 47. I can translate into artistic form what I first see in my imagination.*
  • 48. I have shared my faith with people who have no church background and have seen them desire to know more about the Catholic faith as a result.*
  • 49. My trust in the Holy Spirit’s presence, when I encounter times of personal crisis, is a source of strength for others.*
  • 50. I feel strongly that my prayers for a sick person are important.*
  • 51. I gladly open my home and give food and shelter to others, even when I am not prepared to have guests.*
  • 52. I know from experience that praying is one of the most helpful and satisfying things that I can do for someone else.*
  • 53. One of the most helpful and fulfilling things that I do as a Christian is to find ways in which people can work together to change things for the better.*
  • 54. I identify with the pain of those who suffer or are oppressed and seek to comfort them with the love of Jesus through my actions.*
  • 55. I have a knack for selecting appropriate and inspiring music for worship services or for parish events.*
  • 56. I enjoy and have been told that I am particularly good at guiding and encouraging the spiritual growth of a group of Christians.*
  • 57. I am a jack-of-all-trades, willing to do whatever it takes to serve God and others and to make good things happen.*
  • 58. People tell me that I have helped them learn new concepts or skills that made a real difference in their lives.*
  • 59. I enjoy helping another to find solutions to difficult problems in life.*
  • 60. Writing is a good way to pray and is one of my favorite spiritual exercises.*
  • 61. I enjoy and am usually good at coordinating the many “pieces” of a larger task or goal.*
  • 62. One of the most satisfying ways to express my Christian faith is to create physical objects that are useful or beautiful.*
  • 63. Non-Christians or non-practicing Christians have told me that I have helped them develop a living faith in Christ and his Church.*
  • 64. When I or others close to me are in need, I am excited by the opportunity to trust in God and see how wonderfully he will provide.*
  • 65. I feel peace when I am with a person who is sick or injured.*
  • 66. I enjoy welcoming guests and helping them to feel at ease.*
  • 67. I faithfully pray for others recognizing that their effectiveness and total well-being depends on God.*
  • 68. I know that providing the sense of direction and hope that enables a group of people to accomplish new things is one of the most effective ways in which I serve God and others.*
  • 69. I possess an unusual capacity to understand the feelings of those in distress.*
  • 70. I feel secure that my musical ability will be of benefit to the people with whom I come in contact.*
  • 71. I feel comfortable in leading a small group Bible or book study.*
  • 72. I enjoy doing “chores” around the church and will fill in “gaps” when I notice them.*
  • 73. I’m excited in helping people discover important insights in the Scriptures.*
  • 74. When important decisions need to be made I sense a confidence in God’s guidance.*
  • 75. I love to tell stories through written word.*
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