Remember that gifts assessment you took? Here you may browse or search through them to find someone who may have similar likes to your own.
| What do you have that’s useful? | What are you good at doing? | What do you like to do? | What is something no one in the church knows you care about? | What do you have a lot of? | Whom do you know well in our community? | What’s “so crazy it just might work?” | What ways are you currently doing “our Father’s business” of resurrection in the wider community? (e.g., work, neighborhood, family, hobbies, etc.) | What ways are you currently doing “our Father’s business” of resurrection here at St. John? You may check items below or add items here. | Some of the Ministries at St John. Check those you may participate in. | Name |
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| Time, resourcefulness | teaching, fixing things, and sleeping | See above | I like to play pool | energy | Famous? No one offhand. | hmmmmm. No fast answer for this one | Assisting friends and strangers when I can. Community choirs that sing at nursing homes and prisons. United Way donations. Public radio donations. Smile and say hi to everyone possible. | Advent B.S., Applebee’s, Bach & Sons, Debt Retirement Fund, Good Samaritan Fund, Sanctuary Choir, SCRIP, The Joy of Christmas | Peter Newcomb | |
| a spare car that needs some repairs | writing, being with people in a genuine way, teaching | racquetball, squash, pickleball, basketball, reading, watching movies | listening to the Phil Vischer and the Daily Audio Bible podcasts | kids' clothing | other pastors, a few police officers | Visiting our West Central neighbors and asking, "How can I/we pray for you?" | Trying to be the loving husband and dad God has called me to be Volunteering with Real Men Read Secretary-Elect on Weisser Park Elementary / Whitney Young PTA | Preaching, worship leadership, administering the sacraments praying for our Beloved Disciples Making Disciples supporting community development on Wednesday evenings | Adult Forum, Advent B.S., Applebee’s, Brown Bag B.S., Catechism Classes, Council, Good Samaritan Fund, Hymn Sings, Meet Me At the Manger, Newsletter, Prayer Chain, Staff, Staff Retreat | Paul Offhaus |
| Me | Helping | Be and work outside | Time | David Heyn | ||||||
| Time | Organizing/Designing | Create Things | Animals | Clothes | Store Managers | visiting and learning | Janii Heyn | |||
| Unused Clothing | Fishing, light outdoor work, building things | Outdoor sports - working outdoors | family | Store Managers | Big Brothers, Big SIsters | L L Bible camp | Brown Bag B.S. | Jack Florent | ||
| Financial background, Excess items at home - to donate to garage sale | Financial things | Financial things | Wednesday Night Dinners on occasion Noisy Offerings/Special Offerings Neighborhood/Family | Treasurer Audit Committee Donations Personnel Committe Council/Executive board/Finance board Circle Lent BS | Advent B.S., Staff | Lois Hoelle | ||||
| Hair supplies, tools, and products | Hair, makeup, skin care, nails, being with children, multitasking | Hair, makeup, listening to music, spend time with family and my boyfriend | Immigration and equality | makeup hair products, earrings, shoes, clothes, family | Hair stylists | Opening my own salon | Helping watch kids Making people feel good about themselves Giving gifts Events through college | Kids night (sometimes) | Yara Harless | |
| Me | cooking | sing and cook | what people think of me and my actions | clothes | my family (birth, adopt, U.O.U) | I'm not sure | Working with kids and helping them whenever I can | Kid's night Brewing Theory on Tap - Babysitting when needed | Jalisa Daniels | |
| Big heart - to help others | listening to others | Exercise | work - office manager/admin spending time w/family and friends | women's circle, WELCA | Advent B.S., Applebee’s, Debt Retirement Fund, Financial Peace University, Flower Chart, Thrivent Match | Lisa Koppelman | ||||
| Smarts and friends | running meetings | getting things done | involved in numerous groups andcommittees listen to congregational members Holy Huddle | Applebee’s, Brown Bag B.S., Council, Debt Retirement Fund, Property Team, SCRIP, Thrivent Match | Greg Koppelmann | |||||
| people, teaching, music, life coaching | music ministry | lead in worship, inspire, motivate, encourage | adhd - prison ministry/skills coaching | energy to encourage other to see their gifts and to use them | Organist! LOL Ann Arnold, Callenders/Evans/Tony | creating a non-profit adhd services to community | volunteer and parenting classes lead in worship - BSF nurture - family coaching group - volunteer - for Christian women to discern God's will in their lives | Music ministry - vocal keyboard as needed women's ministry - retreat presenter | Stephen Ministry | Cheryl Gigler |
| Being a grandma. Teaching volleyball and encouraging students | Assist my husband in all his ventures. Basketball, self defense, work, home repairs | Family love! | Lisa Sherrod @CLHS (Special ed) Director of the study center | Bring children back by starting a school again! | Taking care of my granddaughter Taking care of my father-in-law Encouraging my daughter to follow and love God Sometimes Wednesday night dinners | Altar Guild Tithing Communion assistant Washington Elementary tutor | Jodi Inge | |||
| a cottage, teaching/caring | cooking, gardening - flowers | visit older people, care for children, teach | travel, gardening | Family and church family | encourage family members to go to church (any) inviting friends and neighbors to lake Judge Fran Gull | homebound communion SIT | Applebee’s, Bach & Sons, Brown Bag B.S., Handbells, Hymn Sings, Prayer Chain, Stephen Ministry, Super Seniors | Jan Rodewild | ||
| hand work | read, computer | patience | Applebee’s, Debt Retirement Fund, Good Samaritan Fund | Wade | ||||||
| A little knowledge | sewing | read | Debt Retirement Fund, Quilters | Pauline Prentice | ||||||
| baking, cleaning, helping | reading, flowers | work including volunteer at work family | Wellspring WELCA Money-donations Altar Guild | Advent B.S., Altar Guild, Applebee’s, Debt Retirement Fund, Flower Chart, SCRIP, Thrivent Match | Sue Kienzle | |||||
| organizing, time & budgeting money and bargain shopping | read and watch moviews, shop, helping young kids | like to be a foster parent | books | St John's having a school back (voucher program would help community) | work at welfare agency room parent at Holy Cross driver for Holy Cross basketball tournaments donate to food for the poor and rescue mission | Kids Night Cathechism class give gifts for Wellsprings x-mas Worship Volunteer | Cheryl Kienzle | |||
| Geneology Research | time | all | have been cooking at the Wednesday Night meals every 5th Wednesday, can't do it any longer, have been doing it since the beginning cemetery | cemetery Dept Retirement Fund - Applebees Hymn Sings Prayer Chain Prayer Shawl Newsletter articles for monthly newsletters Flower chart Purchase Scrip | Applebee’s, Cemetery, Debt Retirement Fund, Flower Chart, Hymn Sings, Newsletter, Prayer Shawl, SCRIP | Donna Weber | ||||
| STUFF - lots of it | shopping, encouraging | sing, shop | Seminary Support, Beds 4 Kids, Wellspring Foodbank | household goods, clothes | ? SJ > Jan Rodewald; Outside > Dee Kelley, Gideons | Tutor the SAFE kids, Start a "bank" like a food bank but for paper products, soap not included in food stamps; Team up with other churches/organizations i.e. Boradway Christian/Wellspring for dinners | Wellspring Food Bank Mustard Seed "Beds 4 Kids" program Family Seminary Support | Worship Dept Retirement fund SIT St John Seniors Council Bible Studies | Adult Forum, Advent B.S., Applebee’s, Brown Bag B.S., Council, Debt Retirement Fund, Good Samaritan Fund, Hymn Sings, Prayer Chain, Sunday School, Super Seniors, Thrivent Match | Ann Arnold |
| kitchen equipment, sewing equipment | quilting | read | environment | time, fabric, music, books | volunteering @ LLV & ACPL | Super Seniors Quilters WELCA Worship | Applebee’s, Bach & Sons, Flower Chart, Hymn Sings, Prayer Shawl, Quilters, SCRIP, Super Seniors | Martha Lawler | ||
| a positive additude | exercise | helping others, adopt healthy ways | joy and energy | Jeff Krull | a St John walking group | provide accessible records describing all types of library materials still nurturing my children to love the love & achieve independence monetary support in several organizations in the US and abroad | Sunday Schoo Women's Bible Study SCRIP IHN Debt Retirement Fund | Bev Murphy | ||
| crafts | read | work at the hospital - get to help others - Lisa work @ coronor's office - help others with grief - Mike Family - try to set good example for our children and their friends | WAM Team Worship Volunteers Delegates to LSS WELCA | Mike & Lisa Burris | ||||||
| WEllspring | Altar Guild, Cemetery, Property Team | Mike McLaughlin | ||||||||
| drawing, poems, reading, math | reading | Beary, my stuffed bear. | stuffed animals, love | The pastor, Adrian, Anya | putting two cups together with a string | Love Care Helping others Reading about God | Helping Wellspring Doing Sunday School Helping catechism classes Listening to Bach & Sons | Bach & Sons, Sunday School | Hannah Offhaus | |
| adult and children's clothes; toys | planning, organizing, "getting it done" | working with kids, organizing / planning events | Making sure our youth understand the importance of tolerance. | love and patience | Non-profits locally, Renaissance YMCA staff | putting two cups together with a string | Unity Performing Arts -- Mentoring Youth Horizon School -- manage library for elementary students Taking in individuals to our home Starting to help with a troubled youth organization start-up | Kids Night Assist in worship SIT Team Volunteer with various items as asked | Windy Cobb | |
| good arms and legs | "grunt" work | spend time with my kids; good movies | preserving the earth / animals | overflow of kids' toys | no one | don't know | schout leader two kids ___ parent | youth group--sometimes property team--my husband and son worship church decorations catechism classes--my son | Jose and Wendy Arzate | |
| a lot of metal that could be cashed in; a lot of stuff I don't want; an old bicycle that needs fixed up | knitting, crafts, children, animals, praying, evangelism type stuff | evangelism type stuff | abuse | the dental people | don't know | I try to be a strong witness to patients and co-workers at my job family friends neighbors Matthew 25 | Wellspring | Advent B.S., Applebee’s, Handbells, Prayer Chain | Diane Gebfert | |
| time, mind | kitchen clean up, writing, organizing, cooking | read | history | time | Wed. morning prayer group | don't know | helping children prayer | Wed. morning prayer group worship | Adult Forum | Joe Nolte |
| good teacher | listening and learning | read, watch TV, English hand-smocking, sewing, be with family and pets | I taught religious ed for more than 30 years--was a certified catechist in FW/South Bend Dioscese | down time: surgery ahead, 4 1/2-5 1/2 mos recovery | Jan Rodewald, Tony Shelton | don't know | not yet: hope to tutor GED students care for granddaughter every day after school PT to avoid another rotator cuff repair, I hope. self-care regaining my health takes much of my efforts | O.A. WAM (Worship and Music) Team WELCA | Adult Forum, Interfaith Hospitality Network, Prayer Chain, SCRIP, Thrivent Match | Mary Ellen Nolte |
| tools, computer, camera, time | brainstorming, organizing, facilitating | cooking, planning, art stuff, travel, nature | youth program, professionalism of worship, nature | art supplies | ? | creating a 'coalition' of downtown churches to work together on issues concerning the West Central neighborhood | Women's group focused on education for women | Women's Bible Study Assisting Minister Support for communion assistant or counter Women's retreat leader | Julie Walda | |
| computer skills, accounting | make a difference--have a positive impact | youth (that's going to change soon) | Other Lutherans in Ft. Wayne | Bach Collegium Board Thriven Chapter Board Talk to folks on Wed nights | Broadway Building | Property Team | Chris Walda | |||
| organize, translate, communicate | some know, but Habitat for Humanity | Other Lutherans in Ft. Wayne | CLHS Board of Directors Gifts to Heifer International | Finance Team Longterm Plan Assisting Minister Worship Worship Volunteers | Advent B.S., Applebee’s, Church Decoration, Debt Retirement Fund, Financial Peace University, SCRIP, Thrivent Match | Steve Rieck | ||||
| time | read | Other Lutherans in Ft. Wayne | Wed night meals | Altar Guild, Staff, Staff Retreat | Lois Sharp | |||||
| some woodworking and gardening tools | gardening, pretty good cook, pretty good at teaching, excellent typos and organizer | gardening, bird watching, watching old movies | my family, friends, people I work with, neighbors | Work as paralegal for bankruptcy trustee look after my sister who has MANY problems Girl Scout Leader | Sunday School Teacher Helping with Wellspring Helping with occasional events -- IHN, Wed dinners, garage sale, caroling to homebound at Christmas WELCA Worship Flower Chart | Altar Guild, Brown Bag B.S., Good Samaritan Fund, Handbells, Interfaith Hospitality Network, Meet Me At the Manger, Sunday School, Thrivent Match | Cindy Witters | |||
| work at cemetery, visit shut ins | work at cemetery | Work in cemetery Neighborhood Association Visit shut-ins | Wed morning prayer group Worship | Debt Retirement Fund, Stephen Ministry | Mel Lawler | |||||
| time | quilt | time | Wed evening dinner Wellspring WELCA Worship | Brewing Theory On Tap, Cemetery, Debt Retirement Fund, Flower Chart, Interfaith Hospitality Network, Quilters | Carol McLaughlin | |||||
| old washer and dryer | coaching basketball | self defense | young people | a school at St. John | Police Work Coaching Self Defense Classes | Wed evening meals | Cleveland Inge | |||
| Teacher at Indiana Tech Board of Directors--Johnny Appleseed Festival (for 40 years - founding member) Board of Directors--Garrett Museum of Art Founding Member of Auburn Palettes | Wellspring Worship Volunteers Worship | Church Decoration, Council | John Platt | |||||||
| Help when I can (?), my self | when I can? | people? | time | going to church sewing quilts for church WELCA food pantry | food pantry Mary Martha Circle WELCA Worship | Advent B.S., Applebee’s, Debt Retirement Fund, Good Samaritan Fund, Quilters, Super Seniors | Katherine ("Kati") Donahue | |||
| friendliness | meeting people, cooking | read | stuff | a Day Care Center in one of the Broadway Houses; a place where homeless can shower and do laundry | Wednesday evening meals Donating to the food bank | Sharing the Joy (STJ) Nursery when needed Funeral dinners WELCA worship | Adult Forum, Advent B.S., Brown Bag B.S., Flower Chart, Hymn Sings, Interfaith Hospitality Network, Prayer Chain, SCRIP | Barbara Callender | ||
| extra kitchen items / baby stuff | taking care of people (normal and medically) | read | military and our country | extra kitchen items / baby stuff / coats | many doctors | working at Parkview Health volunteering at daughter's school | I'm not at this time 🙁 | Jessica Branch | ||
| clothing | technology, cooking / baking, working with children | sewing, building / assembling things | desire to help those in need in the community | educating children volunteering at an animal shelter serving / encouraging family and friends | Lori Christner | |||||
| basic car repair, wood working | yard work | Kyle Paul | ||||||||
| clothes, videotapes | cook | read | books | Luz Marks | ||||||
| drawing | write songs and do art | my father | Wednesday evening meals | Thomas Hevel | ||||||
| landscaping | gardening, run | seniors | healthcare professionals | sponsoring a race | I work with the senior community and their families I encourage others to live a healthier life | Serving / assisting on Wed night dinners Congregational Council SIT | Greg Hevel | |||
| cleaning | tell people how wonderful Jesus is by giving them books in which Jesus tells them | time | Jan Rodewald, Phyllis Bauerle, Diane Gebfert, Jamie Robbins | Distributing the book, "Forty Days with Jesus." | Adult Forum, Applebee’s, Stephen Ministry | Carolyn Richardson | ||||
| a car, some garden tools, items to use in cooking and baking | talking to people, baking | meeting new people | Associated Churches Food Bank, visiting Nurse and Hospice | time during the day | organized labor leaders, politicians (both sides) | asking inactive members to rejoin us | Posting flyers of community events on church bulletin board talking about services and Wed evening dinners to people who don't attend volunteering in labor events / projects | Washington Elementary Lent B.S. Sharing the Joy | Adult Forum, Advent B.S., Applebee’s, Bach & Sons, Brewing Theory On Tap, Cemetery, Council, Debt Retirement Fund, Property Team, Sanctuary Choir, SCRIP | Jane Gresham |
| computer for research | singing, cooking, caring for children/adults | sing, garden, caring for animals and people, cooking | people in the medical community | caring for my granddaughter and teaching her to be a good Christian person Singing concerts of religious music in FW area rescue and care for abandoned animals retired RN--use those skills as needed | Sanctuary Choir Joy of Christmas Volunteer by bringing food for meals Writing / singing for Easter Cantata | Sanctuary Choir | Marsha Roth | |||
| prayer, concern for others | funeral dinners, prayer chain, promoting love and concern for others | contact and care for others, encourage others who are stressed or in poor health by being their friend | faith and concern for others, encouragement | care for neighbors Council and encourage those in need | funeral dinners | Handbells, Prayer Chain, Sunday School | Phyllis Bauerle | |||
| administration, teaching, prophecy, basic home repair | website, photography | video, teaching, learning | genealogy | tools, books | businesses, community government leaders, attractions | turn our Broadway properties into an art & culture, craft school to teach and enrich | Wellspring Board Three Rivers Fest Board Nonprofits--work and assist Teach Junior Achievement (JA) in schools Donate to United Way | Adult Forum SIT Team Mens' Prayer / B.S. Breakfast Property Upkeep and Repair website worship worship volunteers | Adult Forum, Cemetery, Debt Retirement Fund, Handbells, Interfaith Hospitality Network, Prayer Chain, Property Team, SCRIP, Sunday School, Thrivent Match | Dennis Robinson |
| musical abilities, organizational skills | details, implementation | read, sing, garden, crafts / sewing | figure skating | faith | retired teachers, librarians | skills exchange | United Way Arts United Help where needed on an ad-hoc basis | Financial Secretary Worship and Music Team (WAM) / choose hymns WELCA and Women's Circle Food Bank | Julie Robinson |
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