Asset Mapping Theological Grounding

Sharing what we have – even if we don’t know how it will be used.

Feeding of the Five Thousand (Matthew 14:13-21, Mark 6:31-44, Luke 9:10-17 and John 6:5-15)

In this story, a boy offers up what he has, five loaves of bread and two fish. He did not know what Jesus was going to do with them, but had faith that they would be used well. Read the passage and reflect.

• What do you have to offer up to the community? (nothing is too big, too small, too weird, too obscure)
• Who do you know that has things to offer the community?
• Look around the room. What assets do you see around you?
• Think about the space your faith community has. What can be offered from that space?

Remember, it did not take much to feed five thousand…what can you do with what you have?