1:1 Retreat: Day 1

How It Works

BIG IDEA: If you don’t interpret your story, your past will determine your future. If you DO interpret your story, your past can fuel your future.

• Bring the age range over to the Life Discovery Grid, initially serving in each of the top boxes to designate the four different chapters of their life
• Have participants fill out a draft of the Life Discovery Grid by filling out 2-5 bullet points in each square of the grid (examples, instructions and questions also available in the Participant Guide).
• Once the grid is complete, participants go back and name each of the chapters in a way that feels significant to each chapter.
• Give space for people to quietly reflect on God’s hand in their life as they think through the Life Discovery Grid questions. 
• After they’ve evaluated their 4 chapters, have them guess, “In light of what you’ve seen in your past, what do you think the next chapter of life will look like?”

How It Works

BIG IDEA: “Gifting connects our lives to God’s power. Passions direct our lives with God’s precision.” – Dave Rhodes

• Have participants look through their work from all of the Passion Circle tools.
• Using their notes, have participants hone in on each of the answers the Passion Circle Inventory Worksheet is requesting.
• Communicate that having this inventory on one sheet of paper will be very helpful as they continue in the process.
• After they’ve filled out the Passion Circle Inventory, they need to file it under the ‘Sweet Spot” tab in Notebook.

How It Works

BIG IDEA: Passion is conviction that becomes contagious because it withstands the test of pain.

• Give participants 10 minutes to answer the questions in the funnel, in a brainstorm manner, asking them to think through the things they are interested in, passionate about and burdened by.
• This is not an exhaustive list but enough that helps them narrow down to 5 words/themes at the bottom of the funnel.

How It Works

BIG IDEA: This is an opportunity to pause within the Clarity Spiral for interpretation and inscription regarding what you do the best.

• Have participants go through their work from previous sessions related to their Abilities.
• Using their notes, have participants hone in on each of the answers the Ability Circle Inventory Worksheet is requesting.

How It Works

BIG IDEA: This is an opportunity to pause within the Clarity Spiral for interpretation and inscription and to understand how our individual unique qualities work together.

Give time for participants to populate the summary funnel with inventory from all 3 assessments and then pause to interpret how all 3 lenses help them understand their unique ability.

How It Works

BIG IDEA: Some of our most “motivated moments” may not be seen or affirmed by others.

• Have participants highlight 5 accomplishments in their life that were not based on reward or recognition but simply how satisfied they felt in that accomplishment.

How It Works

BIG IDEA: This is an opportunity to pause within the Clarity Spiral for interpretation and inscription regarding the best environments for your life’s greatest impact.

• Have participants go through their work from this session related to Context.
• Using their notes, have participants hone in on each of the answers the Context Circle Inventory Worksheet is requesting.

How It Works

BIG IDEA: Our God is a sending God and we are uniquely positioned to be sent by Him to engage with particular people and places.

• Have participants answer each of the 4 questions – both descriptions and specifics.
  • Who Brings Out My Best?: These are the people that are our best match, who sharpen us and offer life-giving relationships.
  • To Whom Should I Give My Best?: These are the people we are uniquely wired to invest in based on our story, design and calling. People that are ready to receive our investment. People of Peace.
  • What Place Needs My Best?: These are the places that we are drawn to invest in based on calling, circumstances, and connection. Places that are in need of and can receive our greatest impact.
  • What Place Brings out My Best?: Where do you go for refreshment? Is it the place that receives your contribution or is it different? Do you regularly seek to “withdraw” to those places?

How It Works

BIG IDEA: We each have different contexts where we excel and thrive.

Remember, quick blink answers will be most accurate in this circle.
Have participants look at the lists one at a time. For each list, consider the three options and list them in the boxes in rank order from 1 to 3, from greatest to least resonance.

• Have participants rank from 1 to 3 both what gets them going most each day and where they excel the most relative to others.

How It Works

BIG IDEA: There are many things you can do. What is the one thing you MUST do that only YOU can do? 

• Demonstrate the overlap of the three circles and where they come together to form the Sweet Spot – this is where the shape of the tools comes from.
• There are three ways to name your Sweet Spot in this tool.
  • First is the Signature Scripture which is a verse that has long held significance for the participant OR one that encapsulates well the overarching theme of their sweet spot.
  • Second, participants will take 4 big ideas that they synthesize from each of the 3 Circle inventories to create one long run-on sentence.
  • Lastly, are the Two Words that express their LifeCall. The work of mining out their two words is what comes next.