Home | Best Practices Empowered to S.E.R.V.E. January 22, 2026 ChristLife hosted our Strengthen Gathering in September 2025 for all friends of ChristLife: team members, course participants, and supporters. We heard messages of encouragement and hope to strengthen us as disciples of Jesus Christ, and helpful guidance for those offering ChristLife in their communities. One of those talks was a panel of ChristLife parish leaders. Dan Amabile, practitioner and leader at St. Magdalene Parish (Flemington, NJ) was part of a panel presentation entitled, “Empowered to Serve: Revitalize our Calling.” One of Dan’s roles on his team is to train the facilitators and helpers. He called it “building a grassroots family of faith.” Dan shared a catchy five-point acronym “SERVE” he uses with his team to emphasize the foundation of our calling, and as a way to continue to revitalize what the Lord has called us to do. S – Spiritual Battle Awareness Do we know we are engaged in a spiritual battle? It’s normal to face trials. These challenges are the signs that you are endeavoring to preach the Gospel and advance the Kingdom, because the evil one doesn’t like it. Expect spiritual attack when serving God. E – Embrace Your Gifts Each of us is uniquely gifted by God. It’s a responsibility and a joy to use them. R – Renew Your Calling We must continually revisit our motivations and reignite our passion. “God’s gifts and callings are irrevocable” (Romans 11:29). Go back to your first love. Consider the fruit of your labor—the lives you’ve touched. V – Validate and Confirm One Another It is essential to confirm the powerful ways you’ve seen the Lord working… it convicts us and helps us stay in the fight. We are raising up missionary disciples. Hearing the testimonies of real conversions is impactful. E – Equip and Encourage What are the tools needed to persevere? Annual retreat for the team for additional prayer and development? A mutual commitment to each other? Noticing and encouraging others in their gifts? Remember, our calling is noble and dignified! Creative Adaptations: Running Discovering Christ in a Public High School An idea struck Colin: What if, instead of bringing high schoolers to ChristLife, we brought ChristLife to the high schoolers? Read More A Pastor Invites His Flock to Discovering Christ Fr. Chris Argano, pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Washingtonville and St. Columba in Chester, NY, recorded a simple, heartfelt invitation for his flock to attend Discovering Christ. Every parish running the ChristLife Process should consider this powerful type of invitation. Read More How to Make Your Discovering Christ Course Fruitful So you’ve just purchased the Discovering Christ kit, or maybe you’ve already been running the series at your parish for a few years, but the BIG question is the same: "How do we get people to sign up?" Read More
