Do you want a ministry?

1. What are three physical needs that I can meet in this church?
2. What are four spiritual needs that I can meet in this church?
3. Who can I pray for? What spiritual need can I pray for them about?
4. What needs are there in the church that I can pray for?
5. What can I do to help my children understand the Gospel? What do my children need to learn about God and how could I teach them?
6. With whom could I share the Gospel this week?
7. What person in my church can I call and encourage this week?
8. Who can I invite over for a meal for fellowship and spiritual enrichment?
9. Are there new visitors coming to my church to whom I can reach out and make them feel welcome?
10. Who can I write a note or letter to for spiritual encouragement this week?
11. What missionary that my church supports whould I pray for and perhaps send a letter or gift to this week?
12. What are my spiritual gifts and how can I use them as part of the ministry of my church?
13. Have I asked other spiritually mature people what spiritual ministries they think I may be gifted for and in which I should be involved?
14. What special ministry needs is there in the church that I can fulfill? What training for ministry opportunities is going on in my church of which I could take advantage?
15. Who could I serve by giving a Christian book, booklet or tape of my pastor's sermons?
16. Who could I invite out to the services of the church? (Note: Research indicates that 80% of the people in the United States have never been personally invited to a church sponsored event.)
17. What needs are there among people in my neighborhood or at my place of employment that I could meet as a representative of my church, and especially of Christ?
18. Are there some people I could serve by making contact with them, not to tell them about myself, but just to befriend them by being willing to listen to them?
19. How can I help others in my church to love God more? How can I help them to love others more? How can I help them to pursue good works more?
20. Am I an example or model for other believers in my speech, conduct, love, faith and purity?

Ministry Ideas

1. Involvement in visitation for the church.
2. Involvement in the tape ministry of the church.
3. Involvement in some aspect of youth or college age work.
4. Involvement in some aspect of the Sunday School ministry of the church.
5. Involvement in some aspect of the Bible study group ministry of the church.
6. Involvement in some aspect of the counseling ministry of the church.
7. Involvement in some aspect of the mercy ministries of the church.
8. Involvement in the promotional, publicity efforts of the church (mailings, telephone calls, dontacting radio stations for community bulletin board events, delivering posters, door to door delivery of borchures, making promotional telephone calls, etc.)
9. Involvement in fulfilling some aspect of the buildings and grounds necessities of the church.
10. Involvement in some aspect of the evangelistic outreach of the church.
11. Involvement in some aspect of promoting, developing and sustaining the missionary efforts and enthusiasm in the church.
12. Involvement in some aspect of the music ministry of the church.
13. Involvement in some aspect of the literature (book room) ministry of the church.
14. Involvement in some aspect of the library ministry of the church.
15. Involvement in some aspect of the tract ministry of the church.
16. Involvement in some aspect of the hospitality ministries of the church.
17. Involvement in some aspect of the transportation ministry of the church (driving buses or vans, caring for the church vehicles, using your car for Christ).
18. Involvement in some aspect of the ushering ministry of the church.
19. Involvement in some aspect of the copying of meterials ministry of the church.
20. Involvement in some aspect of producing of brochures and pamphlets for the church.
21. Involvement in some aspect of the secretarial needs of the church.
22. Involvement in some aspect of the fellowship meals, banquets, refreshment, or food ministry of the church.
23. Involvement in fulfilling some aspect of the carpentry, janitorial, maintenance, or repair needs of the church.
24. Involvement in some aspect of the publication ministry of the church.
25. Involvement in some aspect of supplying practical service to people in the church (mowing lawns, leaf raking, meal preparation, etc.)
26. Involvement in child care for couples in the church when needed.
27. Involvement in some aspect of the nursery ministry of the church.
28. Involvement in some aspect of church beautification (flowers, painting, art, work, crafts, etc.)
29. Involvement in some aspect of the Bible club or the Bible group ministries of the church.
30. Involvement in some aspect of the diaconal ministry of the church.
31. Involvement in some aspect of the financial endeavors of the church (counting offerings, etc.)
32. Involvement in some aspect of the adult teaching ministries of the church.
33. Involvement in some aspect of providing leadership in some area of the church's ministries.
34. Involvement in some aspect of the discipiling ministries of the church.
35. Involvement in some aspect of writing materials for the church.
36. Involvement in some aspect of doing research for the pastors of the church.
37. Involvement in some aspect of filing materials, arranging books and doing computer work for the pastors of the church.
38. Involvement in some aspect of the prayer line ministry of the church.
39. Involvement in some aspect of the seminar ministry of the church.
40. Involvement in financially supporting the ministries of the church through sacrificial giving.
41. Involvement in using practical skills for the benefit of other needy church members (sewing, cooking, cleaning, nursing, financial guidance, car repair, etc.)