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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