What are the Prodigal Yellow Pages?
We believe as a church community that everybody has something to offer. We also know that we all need a little help sometimes. These YELLOW PAGES are intended to help connect the needs and the gifts in our church community. Here at Prodigal we value both and believe that the Kingdom of God is where the gifts of the church meet the needs of the world and this is a small way for us to do just that.

“Each person has his or her own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.”
1 Corinthians 7:7 



GIFTS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
 
ROMANS 12:6-8
“Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.”
 
1 CORINTHIANS 12:4-11
“Now there are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but it is the same Holy Spirit who is the source of them all. There are different kinds of service in the church, but it is the same Lord we are serving. 6 There are different ways God works in our lives, but it is the same God who does the work through all of us. A spiritual gift is given to each of us as a means of helping the entire church. To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice; to another he gives the gift of special knowledge. The Spirit gives special faith to another, and to someone else he gives the power to heal the sick. He gives one person the power to perform miracles, and to another the ability to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to know whether it is really the Spirit of God or another spirit that is speaking. Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages, and another is given the ability to interpret what is being said. It is the one and only Holy Spirit who distributes these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.”






PASTOR JOHN ON GIFTS



EXAMPLES OF PRACTICAL GIFTS 
Things that give you life and that you love to do.


  • Sewing
  • Woodworking
  • Welding
  • Have a heart for babies, teens etc
  • Mechanical
  • Photographer
  • Decorating
  • Praying
  • Painting
  • Mentoring
  • Administratively gifted
  • Gardening
  • Good at listening or comforting others 
  • Creative and crafty
  • Musically gifted
  • Loves sports
  • Dancing
  • Electrician
  • Handy person
  • Leadership
  • Good at community outreach
  • Financially contributing
  • Feels led to bless others with gifts
  • Great at encouraging others and seeing their pain
  • Cooking
  • Love learning and researching
  • Enjoy helping
  • Loves making people feel welcome

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE YELLOW PAGES?

If interested in exploring your spiritual gifts, a modern day elaboration is listed below.