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You were shaped for serving God
The purpose of our Ministry Team is to guide
members into fulfilling their unique call to ministry. The goal of this
team is to help Christ-followers discover where they can best use their
gifts and talents to serve in God’s kingdom. At St. Paul’s,
we believe every member of our fellowship should be in ministry and
that every ministry should be joyful and God-glorifying. The symbol for
this team is the Christ-centered hands reaching out to the world at
large. Those called to this team have a heart for the lost souls in the
world around us and for helping each member discover his or her niche
in God’s church. At St. Paul’s, the Ministry Team serves as
the birthing center for all new ministries to which we, as the Body of
Christ, are called.
Ministry Team programs include evangelism, Walk to
Emmaus, and spiritual gift inventories (SET).
Ministry Team
The primary function of the Ministry Purpose Area is to help
people discover their spiritual gifts, and then guide them to
opportunities where they can use their gifts to serve here at St.
Paul’s. God gives each of us spiritual gifts so that we can be
used to glorify Him within the Body of Christ. The secondary function
is to incubate new evolving ministries until they become vibrant, at
which time they are placed in the appropriate purpose area where they
mature into the ministry at St. Paul’s that God intends.
S.E.T. for
Ministry (Class 301)
The goal of
this class is to help believers to be fruitful and fulfilled in
meaningful service to God within His church. This is done by first
helping folks discover the spiritual gifts God has graced them with
when they began their personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Each
participant will have the opportunity to learn about the spiritual
gifts, why they are needed, and how to use them. God also blesses each
of us with experiences and talents, and the class explores how to wrap
these three together to find each person’s unique gift mix. The
next step is determining how and where to serve, and part of the seminar
is providing counselors to aid in this process. Through this class each
one will become SET (Spiritual Gifts, Experiences, Talents and
abilities) for God’s service. This course is offered quarterly.
Walk to Emmaus
Ed Priest.................................. priestedmk@earthlink.net
301-475-2077
Carol Lanzi............................... carolyn.lanzi.ctr@navy.mil;
lanzi@tqci.net
301-862-9521
The walk to Emmaus
is an international spiritual renewal program sponsored by the Upper
Room, intended to strengthen the local church through the development
of Christian disciples and leaders. The program’s approach
seriously considers the model of Christ’s servanthood and
encourages Christ’s disciples to act in ways appropriate to being
“a servant to all.”
Prayer Chain
Cindy
Hammett……………........ 301-475-7983
(day chain)
8:30am - 4:30pm
Patty Blount............................. pblount@ameritel.net
(night chain)
4:30pm - 9:30pm 301-475-8861
Robin Coll................................ rrcnva@yahoo.com
(e-mail
chain) 301-994-9643
There are a total
of 33 dedicated intercessors on our prayer chains, 12 on the day chain,
11 on the evening and 10 on the e-mail chain. Prayer requests can be
called into the POCs above, or sent through the church office. These
folks are gifted with the ability to pray for the needs and concerns of
our church family and any others God places on your heart. Day or
night, all prayer requests are passed on and are lifted up to God on
behalf of others.
Church Library
Nancy Williams........................ nancyw@principia.edu
................................... 301-994-3092
In the conference
room across from the staff office is a small but growing church
library. Every genre of Christian writing can be found within the
shelves. The books have been cataloged using the Dewey Decimal system,
and all are welcome to donate and/or borrow materials. Find a book or
video you’re interested in and just look for the short
information poster about how to check it out. There is also a box for
donations and returns.
Stephen Ministry
Jeannette Findley………….. findleyjm@gmpexpress.net
301-475-3381
Terri Verbic…………………. tvspunky@aol.com
301-475-8854
Through the
Stephen Ministry lay persons are trained to provide consistent,
quality, one-on-one Christian care to those in need, whether the need
be for grieving, hospitalization, loneliness or discouragement, divorce
or separation, dying and death, new parents, single parents, victims of
natural or human caused disasters, and those in spiritual crisis, just
to name a few. St. Paul’s UMC has just enrolled in this
caregiving ministry. After being trained, Jeannette will begin to
recruit, train, refer and supervise Stephen Ministers at St. Paul’s
to meet the needs of this congregation for caring ministry.
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