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193.Consider a doctrinal question 4.Keep watch and be on guard over yourselves and all the flock5.Be examples6.Direct the affairs of the church (evangelize, edify, restore, rebuke, discipline and be an example)7.Eager to serve8.Hold firmly to the trustworthy message9.Encourage others by sound doctrine10.Refute those who oppose11.Pray12.Lay hands upon individuals selected for a work needed by the body.13.Receive reports of work of others 14.Rebuke and disciplineTeachers%u201cEach one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power forever and ever.%u201d(1 Peter 4:10-11)Christians%u201cJust as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts (functions) -charisma, charismatos, charizomaia gift of grace; a favor which one receives without any merit of his own) according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.%u201d (Romans 12:4-8)DeaconsSome think Acts 6 specifies the work of Deacons others disagree. It should be noted that Luke does not call them deacons nor is there any indication that those selected met the qualifications specified in 1 Timothy. Their work is properly identified in the meaning of the diakonos, serve. For additional studies refer to Work of Deacons, Nov. 28, 2005.4.Consider The Needs Of The Church: Peter plainly tells us that we are to employ our gifts for serving one another as good stewards of God's varied grace (1 Peter 4:10). Gifts are ministries or services. To serve is to meet a need. The purpose of the giftsis not to keep people busy but to meet needs of the church not our individual needs. So we must look to the needs of the church. As these needs become apparent, follow your desires in fulfilling them.