The document discusses serving at Calvary church by getting involved in a LifeGroup, serving, and using spiritual gifts. It encourages readers to not bury their talents but to use what God has given them to further his kingdom, citing the parable of the talents. The body of Christ metaphor is used to illustrate how each person's gifts contribute to the whole through service.

1. Week Three

2. Connecting at Calvary

4. Serving at Calvary [The Kingdom is] like a man going off on an extended trip. He called his servants together and delegated responsibilities. To one he gave five thousand dollars, to another two thousand, to a third one thousand, depending on their abilities. Then he left. Right off, the first servant went to work and doubled his master's investment. The second did the same. But the man with the single thousand dug a hole and carefully buried his master's money.

5. Serving at Calvary After a long absence, the master of those three servants came back and settled up with them. The one given five thousand dollars showed him how he had doubled his investment. His master commended him: 'Good work! You did your job well. From now on be my partner.' "The servant with the two thousand showed how he also had doubled his master's investment. His master commended him: 'Good work! You did your job well. From now on be my partner.'

6. Serving at Calvary The servant given one thousand said, 'Master, I know you have high standards and hate careless ways, that you demand the best and make no allowances for error. I was afraid I might disappoint you, so I found a good hiding place and secured your money. Here it is, safe and sound down to the last cent.'

7. Serving at Calvary Steward -- a person who manages another’s property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others. Stewardship is leveraging what God has entrusted to me in order to bring about HIS desires in the world.

8. Serving at Calvary The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. Every person at Calvary Is uniquely gifted To contribute to the Oneness Through the use of their Ownness

10. Everything you have (gifts, abilities, money, possessions, position, history) has been loaned to you from God. He expects you to be a trustworthy servant!