![]() The workshops are entry-level, for those who have been inspired and “need the skill set to dive deeper and to be confident in sharing this relationship that they are even now more engaged in,” Smith said. The final component is a faith-seeking workshop. The evening ends with a reflection on the eight Beatitudes. The service is followed by adoration, spending time in the presence of Jesus with music and meditative guidance. The healing service focuses on discovering the power to heal by prayer and the laying of hands. The keynote is about how a relationship with the Holy Spirit can be transformative if a person knows how to use the gifts with which the Holy Spirit empowers them. Gifted and Sent is an adult ministry of charismatic prayer and healing Participants spend time in adoration during a Gifted and Sent Ministries evening at St. The four parts of the missionary evangelization are keynote, healing service, adoration and workshops. That’s when Gifted and Sent Ministries was born. To engage the most people, they would need to go to them in the comfort of their own communities, the two decided. Smith replied that if such a center would “pop up tomorrow, no one in the diocese would come” because not many people have experienced charismatic prayer, or they think it’s weird, and it’s out of their comfort zone. John Bosco, Churubusco and Immaculate Conception, Ege, Parishes together they founded what would become Gifted and Sent Ministries.įather Curry had the vision to create a center for evangelization, a place for parishioners to go to have experiences with spiritual gifts and healing prayer. Ten minutes later, she received a text from Father Andrew Curry, pastor at St. When the longing persisted, she asked God where and how ministry could fit into her life again. In recent years she stepped away from some of her ministry commitments but said she couldn’t help but feel a longing in her heart and being called by God to, once again, come back to ministry. Smith is not a stranger to adult ministry, having started at 19. Gifted and Sent Ministries is co-led by Jessica Smith and states as its mission to “inspire and empower Catholics to spread the love of Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit.” Her team has taken the missionary evangelization series to parishes from Mishawaka to Decatur. ![]() Catherine Nix Settlement in Columbia City Aug. G ifted and Sent Ministries conducted a four-part event in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend at St. ![]()
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