FINDING YOUR LAY MINISTRY

One experience some people have in their church is that they want to get involved, but they are hesitant to volunteer, they aren't asked if they would like to get involved, and perhaps they really just don't know what it might be they could do in the parish.

Those experiencing a call to be ordained deacon or priest go through a discernment process to determine if that is indeed the ministry God intends for them. But those of us not called to the ordained ministry still have a calling - to be lay ministers. These materials provide you a process by which to discern your lay ministry.  God intends it.

We suggest that you use the following three Web pages to assess what your spiritual gifts are, what your personal style is, and what your passion is.  The results of these activities may surprise you, or it may confirm what you already presumed about yourself. 

After you have completed and submitted these analyses, we will contact you with the results. (Note: You will not be committing yourself to join any parish ministry by submitting these assessments.) We will offer to go over the results with you and help develop a profile of what your lay ministry might look like. Then, if you want, we will suggest particular parish volunteer positions which might fit your profile. For more information on  this subject go to the Episcopal Office of Ministry Development. 

Begin my discernment process ...

* This Ministry Assessment  has been adapted from "Bugbee and Cousins' Network Participant Guide."