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GPS Personal Profile

Please take a moment to fill out your GPS personal profile. All information you provide will be kept strictly confidential.

Note: This form cannot be partially filled out, saved, and finished later. It must be submitted as a complete form in one sitting. We suggest you wait until the completion of the six week series when instructions for all sections will have been reviewed in detail.


Step 1: Basic Information

First Name:

Phone:

Last Name:

Email:

Address Line 1:

Gender:

Address Line 2:

Marital Status:

City:

I am a:

Member

State:

  Regular Attendee

Zip:

  New to the Church


Step 2: Spiritual Gifts & Passions

The 20 Spiritual Gifts are listed below. Please check all that match your gifts.

 
Administration     Apostleship
  • I can clarify goals, effectively use resources and develop strategies.

  • I like to organize people for more effective ministry.

  • People often look to me for guidance in coordination, organization and ministry opportunities.

  • I can recognize talents and gifts in others, and find ways of using these for God.

  • I enjoy the responsibility for the achievement of group goals.

 
  • I am attracted to the idea of serving in another country or an ethnic community.

  • I often think that God is calling me to be a missionary.

  • I feel that, if needed, God would equip me {with the spiritual gifts needed} to plant a new church.

  • I desire to learn another language, culture, or religion so that I could be a better witness.

  • I would love teaching people in a foreign country about Jesus.

Compassion/Acts of Mercy   Discerning of Spirits
  • I like to visit hospitals, prisons, homes for the elderly, and other institutions in order to minister; bring comfort and hope.

  • I can cheerfully spend time with those who need someone to listen to them.

  • I am moved with compassion and motivated to remove the sources of another's suffering.

  • I believe that God wants to reach out to people by using me to share in their suffering.

  • I am often overcome with emotion for the person I am praying for.

 
  • I sense when people are prompted by the Holy Spirit , or by an evil spirit, or merely by their own sinful nature.

  • I can readily distinguish between truth and error, good and evil.

  • I have a "sixth sense" and frequently able to identify a person's character.

  • I can sense when demonic forces are at work in a person or situation.

  • God has used me to warn others of the danger of a certain teaching.

Evangelism     Encouragement
  • I feel at ease inviting others to receive Christ as Savior.

  • It seems easy to determine when the Spirit has prepared a person to receive Jesus Christ.

  • I feel a burden to share the Gospel with people.

  • I enjoy going where non-Christians congregate in order to win them for Christ.

  • I am constantly thinking of ways to bring up spiritual matters with friends who don't know God.

 
  • I give hope to others by directing them to the promises of God.

  • I have a special gift of helping others get "reset" emotionally, mentally and spiritually.

  • People who feel perplexed come to me for encouragement and comfort.

  • I enjoy helping others work out ways to become better Christian disciples.

  • I can challenge others without making them feel condemned.

Faith     Giving
  • People seem to view me as one who has the faith to believe everything is possible.

  • I enjoy applying God's promises to seemingly impossible situations.

  • I am unwavering in my belief that God will absolutely work in circumstances in which success cannot be guaranteed by human effort alone.

  • I am ready to try the impossible because I have a great trust in God.

  • As a result of my faith I've seen God do the extraordinary things He did in the early church.

 
  • I view giving to meet material needs as my special ministry.

  • I give liberally and joyfully to people in financial need or to projects requiring support.

  • I believe God has given me the ability to make and share money.

  • It is a joy to see how much money I can give to the Lord.

  • I give more than a tithe so that kingdom work can be accomplished.

Healing     Helps/Helpers
  • Through prayer, God sometimes helps me to impart physical healing to others.

  • I have more than once seen God bring instant healing as I laid hands on someone and prayed.

  • Some people would testify that I have been involved in their healing.

  • In the name of Jesus I have cured illness.

  • The Spirit sometimes burdens my heart to pray for a specific person who needs a total healing of body, mind and spirit.

 
  • I enjoy working behind the scenes to support the work of others.

  • I enjoy doing routine tasks that support the needs of other ministries.

  • I see spiritual significance in doing practical tasks.

  • I like to relieve others of everyday tasks so they can do their ministries.

  • I enjoy helping others so that they, in turn, can perform ministries that I'm not called.

Leadership     Miracles
  • I am motivated to set goals and influence others to achieve a vision in order to advance God's work on earth.

  • God has given me an ability to "rally the troops" in giving aid to others.

  • I don't mind calling on others to help me in a worthy Christian project.

  • It is a thrill to inspire others to greater involvement in church work.

  • I am able to cast a vision for ministry that others want to follow and be a part of.

 
  • I have experienced the power of God within me to cast out demons and heal the sick, and I see his supernatural intervention in nature.

  • The Holy Spirit leads me to pray for impossible things that really come true.

  • God has worked through me to do humanly impossible things.

  • I have been God's instrument to effect supernatural changes in circumstances or in people's lives.

  • Sometimes when I pray God miraculously changes people's circumstances.

Prophecy     Serving
  • God reveals to me things others cannot see so when I speak to them they can understand His activity.

  • I have spoken to others about future events or situations that God revealed to me, and they happened as I said they would.

  • Often I have a burning desire to speak God's word when I know it will not be well received.

  • I'm not afraid to tell others about God's judgment for wrong doing and of his gracious promises to those who turn to Him.

  • It is important for me to speak God's word of warning and judgment in the world today.

 
  • I believe my ministry in life is to be humble by being obedient in service.

  • I receive great satisfaction in doing small or trivial tasks in the church.

  • I enjoy working in the background if I can meet the practical needs of others.

  • I experience the presence of God by serving others.

  • Frequently my ministry consists of watching for unmet needs and then quietly meeting those needs.

Shepherding/Pastoring     Teaching
  • I like to spend myself to provide long-term emotional and spiritual support and concern for others.

  • I enjoy giving practical support, nurture and guidance to a group of people.

  • I can gently restore wandering believers to faith and fellowship.

  • I feel responsible to help oversee and protect believers from the things that keep them from fellowship with God and one another.

  • I tend to be patient with Christians who are making slow progress in the Christian life.

 
  • I am able to communicate God's word effectively.

  • I can present information and skills to others in ways that make it easier for them to grasp and apply them to their lives.

  • I love to meditate on the patterns of God and His ways, and speak to others of such things.

  • I like to take biblical principles from my own study and then share them with others.

  • It seems that people learn when I teach them.

Tongues/Speaking     Tongues/Interpretation
  • I have spoken in a language I do not understand, and I myself or someone else has spoken out to interpret what I had just said.

  • I have shared a message of God in an unknown language.

  • I never publicly speak forth in tongues unless I strongly believe it will be interpreted.

  • Praying in tongues has been meaningful in my life.

  • I have worshipped God in an unknown language.

 
  • When I hear people speak in tongues, I feel the Spirit revealing His message to me, and I speak it aloud, interpreting it for the church.

  • Every time I interpret tongues I want to be sure that I am sensitive to the Holy Spirit.

  • When I hear someone speak in tongues, the Holy Spirit gives me the correct interpretation.

  • My interpretation of tongues has been a blessing to others.

  • When I hear someone speak in tongues I can usually sense when God is inspiring them and when He isn't.

Word of Knowledge     Word of Wisdom
  • I receive information from the Spirit that I did not acquire through natural means.

  • God has given me words to say in witnessing situations that surprised even me.

  • I have surprised others by telling them something about themselves that they have not revealed to me.

  • God has given me the direct knowledge of some fact before it was known to others.

  • God has given me at certain times supernatural knowledge needed to help others in the body of Christ.

 
  • I often share simple, practical solutions in the midst of conflict or confusion.

  • Sometimes God gives me insight into the proper course of action that's beyond my own natural wisdom.

  • In a group when I am faced with the request for my opinion about the future direction to be taken, I have been supernaturally inspired by God in giving sound counsel.

  • At times God gives me wisdom beyond my natural abilities.

  • God has at times prompted me to speak to someone that turned out to be incredibly insightful and helpful.

 

Please list up to four of your Passions (Passions glorify God and spiritually or emotionally uplift others) Examples: children, homeless, home repair for widows/elderly, music, etc.:

 

Personal Style:

Task / Low Organization People / Low Organization
Task / High Organization People / High Organization
 

Spiritual Journey:

Exploring Christianity Growing into Maturity

What is the purpose and meaning of life?

How can I make Jesus Lord of my life?

What is a Christian?

How can I be filled with the Holy Spirit?

Why bother going to church?

How do I share my faith?

What relevance does Jesus have to my life?

 
Commitment to Christ Discovering my Ministry

How can I understand the Bible?

What does God want me to do?

How can I learn to pray?

How do I apply my Spiritual Gifts?

How can I take the first steps as a believer?

How do I disciple others?

What are the qualifications and responsibilities of membership?

 

Availability:

1-2 hrs per week 5+ hrs per week
2-4 hrs per week
 


Step 3: Talents & Skills

Please check all that match your talents and skills.

 

Administration:

Accounting     Banking
Business-Small     Business-Large
Counseling     Contract Negotiations
Hiring/Firing of Personnel     Human Resources
Leading Small Groups     Leading Large Groups
Legal     Real Estate
Taxes     Visionary
 

Care of Congregation:

Counseling     Handicapped
Hearing Impaired     Healthcare and Wellness
Hospital Visitation     Learning Disabilities
Meals on Wheels     Pet Care
Prayer     Social Work
Visit or Call Inactive Members     Visit or Call Visitors
Visit or Call Shut-Ins
 

Care of Facilities:

Air Conditioning     Carpentry
Carpet Installation     Dry Walling
Electricity     Heating
Interior Decorating     Landscaping
Masonry     Mowing
Painting     Plumbing
Roofing     Snow Removal
Wallpapering
 

Education (Adults & Children):

Child Care     Counseling
Curriculum     Snack Provider
Snack Cleanup     Teaching Adults
Teaching Secondary     Teaching Elementary
Teachers Aide
 

Hobbies, Interests, and Sports:

Arts and Crafts     Auto Mechanic
Cooking     Eating
Golf     Model Railroading
Motorcycles     Painting
Scrapbooking     Softball
 

Hospitality:

Welcoming     Directing Movements of Others
Disseminating Information     Parking Cars
Refreshments     Serving Dinners
 

Office/Clerical:

Assembling Bulletins     Cashier
Copying     Filing
Data Entry     Librarian
Mailings     TV, Radio, Printed Communication
Typing (40+ wpm)
 

Outreach & Missions:

Building Homes     Fixing Homes
Homeless     Knitting
Incarcerated
 

Support:

Adoptive Parents     Grandparents
Mothers
 

Worhip:

Acting     Dancing
Decoration     Instrument - Bells
Instrument - Brass     Instrument - Percussion
Instrument - Woodwind     Instrument - String
Multimedia Creation/Presentation     Set Construction and Props
Singing     Using Sound Equipment
 

Other Talents and Skills Not Listed:



Step 4: Past & Current Involvement

Please list involvement in all small groups and ministries or services (church council, clothing bank, etc.)

 

Small Groups:

Ministry or Service:



Lititz United Methodist Church
201 East Market Street | Lititz, PA 17543
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