1. Overview
The purpose of this post is to collect information on the various gifts, talents, skills, interests, passions of the members of the TCF family (or new members wanting to be part of TCF fellowship) – so that we may deploy them to further the mission that Jesus gave us.
Please read the instructions and submit the form using the link provided at the end.
2. Being Good Stewards
As we build the TCF family together, a key component is that each of us plays a significant role in the body of Christ. God gives us spiritual gifts, natural talents, strengths, skills, and a passion for doing and participating in certain things. Collectively, we are a mixture of various spiritual gifts, skills, talents, and professions.
“As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.” – 1 Peter 4:10
A steward is someone responsible to manage well. Our gifts and talents are given to us not to get popular or make money but to serve other people. We need to be good stewards of the gifts and God’s grace in various forms.
Everything that we do is for God’s glory. Jesus summed up the entire law as ‘Love God .. Love neighbor’. We ought to use our gifts for God’s glory. We ought to minister/serve one another using our gifts.
3. Impacting Lives
In Jesus’ own words, “the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many” – Matthew 20:28
It is about impacting lives – our own as well as others. Serving one another is the body of Christ is a Biblical mandate. It is an opportunity to:
- express our deeply held values as followers of Jesus
- to learn and practice new knowledge and skills
- build relationships by participating with friends/family in meaningful activities
- selfless love/service as a visible model for children
- children’s education and skills development
- or even gain the skills necessary for career
Time is a major concern for most of us, but most work can be done as short term assignments. We can have training sessions for knowledge and skills that one is interested in. We can utilize childcare and/or transportation of those who can provide such a service.
4. Instructions for Gifts and Talents Form Submission
Participation is purely voluntary and based on one’s availability of time and resources. Filling out this form does not mean you are committing yourself to anything right now.
You can update your form submission multiple times. Upon submission, you will receive a confirmation email where there will be a link to change/update your form.
Please click the link below to fill-up the form on how you would like to participate/contribute at TCF:
Click to go to the TCF Gifts and Talents Inventory Form
This is not an anonymous survey. Please do not give any confidential information. To access/submit this form, you need a google id (not necessarily a Gmail). We can make a non-GmailId (e.g. yahoo.com) as a GoogleId. Here are the steps to log in using a non-gmail id:
1) Open google.com and click Sign in (Sign out if already signed in)
2) Enter your name
3) Click “I prefer to use my current email address”
4) Enter your current email address (e.g. the yahoo email)
5) Create and confirm a password
6) Enter gender, mobile phone number, birthday, location
Now, the non-GmailId (like the yahoo id) can be used to Sign In to google.com and access the form. If you have any questions, please email connect@tcfco.org