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Corridor District: For the Common Good
The Corridor district Lay Servant Ministries team presents For the Common Good: Discovering and Using Your Spiritual Gifts…
October 21, 2023 @ 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
$25
includes lunch
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All participants are expected to read the participant book, For the Common Good: Discovering and Using Your Spiritual Gifts by Christine Harman, before taking this course.
About this course: This course reminds us that the Holy Spirit gives each Christian one or more spiritual gifts to be used for the common good. It guides readers to discover their own particular gifts and learn to use their gifts to serve others.
Participants will:
- Discover the nature of spiritual gifts through Bible study and reflection;
- Relate spiritual gifts to the overall life of the church and to the means of grace;
- Discover one’s own spiritual gifts and examine their definitions;
- Develop a plan to implement the use of spiritual gifts as an element of leader development and deployment in the local church including suggestions for how to build a ministry team or assign people to committees based on the gifts of each individual.
For questions about the course, please contact Corridor district LSM co-director Vicki Ambrose, vambrose@nccumc.org.
About the Facilitator
Pastor Rod Mullen was born in Durham, NC, and spent many weekends as a child fishing with his parents at Emerald Isle. Pastor Mullen has served United Methodist churches across the eastern half of the state. From 2001 to 2004, Pastor Mullen worked in England on behalf of the United Bible Societies compiling a Greek text of the Gospel of John for the use of translators. While there, Pastor Mullen also worked with a circuit of Methodist churches. His wife, who is originally from China, and he has two young daughters. Pastor Mullen enjoys history, occasionally dressing up as a Revolutionary War soldier for commemoration. Their daughters enjoy the beach, for which he is thankful for.