January

Church growth Philosophy

Identify our top three church growth barriers and devise a plan to eliminate them.

Natural Church Development

Christian A. Schwarz

February

Learning to Lead

Personal Leadership Assessment

Developing the Leader Within You

John Maxwell

March

Practicing Spiritual Disciplines

Three Day Fast

Celebration of Discipline

Richard Foster

April

Building Personal Credibility

Trust – Self Assessment

The Speed of Trust Part 1 Pgs 1-230

Stephen M.R. Covey

May

Building Organizational Trust

Who Trusts You – www.whotrustsyou.com on line Survey

The Speed of Trust Part 2 Pgs 231-316

Stephen M.R. Covey

June

Missional Formation

30 Day Book Journal

Off-Road Disciplines

Earl Creps

July

Sustaining Personal Success

Survey your top leaders to find out the “three levers” you should know about them. Pg 100

The One Thing You Need to Know

Marcus Buckingham

August

Leading with a Servants Heart

Intentional Acts of Kindness

Spiritual Leadership

Oswald Sanders

September

Leveraging Your Strengths

Take the strength finders survey at www.strengthsfinder.com

Now, Discover Your Strengths

Marcus Buckingham

October

Pursuing God

30 day Journal on hearing God’s voice

The Pursuit of God

A.W. Tozer

November

Communicating God’s Word

Prepare a 3 minute talk to present to the staff for critique

You Are The Message

Roger Ailes

December

Leading to influence the next generation

Interview a Young postmodern leader

The Next Generation Leader

Andy Stanley