You have gifts! And you are a gift to the world around you. Because every human is fearfully and wonderfully made, each one of us has something to offer to the world. But we have not always identified or developed our gifts well,nor deployed them effectively.Don Everts explores the gifts God has given every person and what new research reveals about the difference those gifts can make for us, our churches, and our communities. Churches have unfortunately focused mostly on spiritual gifts and vocations within the church. But we don't always recognize the wide range of abilities, skills, and aptitudes that all of us have, whether civic, artistic, or entrepreneurial. We each have God-given gifts and are called by God to use them in our vocations in the world. Discover how our gifts are a blessing to others and pave the way for reconnecting with our surrounding communities.



Don Everts is the senior pastor at First and Calvary Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Missouri, and has been serving in ministry for over thirty years—on campus with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and in the local church with the Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians. He is also an award-winning author who has published over twenty books including Jesus with Dirty Feet, I Once Was Lost, and The Spiritually Vibrant Home. An avid reader, frequenter of rocking chairs, and amateur chicken farmer, Don and his wife, Wendy, have three adult children and live in a home solidly built in 1887.



Foreword by Savannah Kimberlin



Introduction: Seeing Buzz Clearly

1. Everyone Is a Gift: The Power of Seeing People as God Sees Them

2. Everyone Has Gifts: The Power of Discovering the Gifts That God Has Entrusted to Us

3. Everyone Is Called: The Power of Naming Our God-Given Vocations

4. Everyone Can Grow: The Power of Helping Each Other Grow in Our Gifts

5. Every Church Can Equip: The Power of Unleashing People to Use Their Gifts

Conclusion: Buzz's Concert



Acknowledgments

Appendix 1: Research Partners

Appendix 2: Research Methodology

Appendix 3: Definitions

Appendix 4: The EveryGift Inventory

Notes