1. SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THE LEADER Seminar 2: Our Giftedness Together
Please read the following slides to prepare for your seminar. Start with slide 5 to begin your seminar.

2. Instructions for Seminar Leaders
TeamWorks Seminars are designed to encourage discussion. To prepare for each seminar do as follows:
Setup a room with table and chairs where groups of participants will interact during the seminars.
You will need an LCD projector and a screen or a large TV that can be hooked up to a computer to show the presentations.
Download the presentation slides for TW: Spiritual Life Seminar 2: Spiritual Gifts Presentation from You may get them as a PDF or in PowerPoint. When using PowerPoint use it in presentation mode so you can view the notes for each slide.
Before leading a seminar, go to and watch the Seminar Leaders Webinar for the seminar you are leading. The webinar will go through each slide and will offer tips and ideas for how to lead the seminar.
Set dates for the seminars or for the one-day experience.
Recruit a group of participants who will agree to attend both seminars and to do the MyWork devotions.
This gives you an overview of what you need to lead your seminar.

3. Schedule your Seminars
Schedule Template Use the template below to schedule your sessions. TeamWorks Seminars are designed for 2-hours. You also can do a one day format, with participants using the MyWork devotions to follow-up their experience. Plan for 4-hours with a break for a meal or refreshments. If you do the 4-hour one-day schedule, participants will need a break to take the Discovering My Spiritual Gifts Assessment found in MyWork 4 before doing Seminar Two: Our Giftedness Together. Session Date Topic Seminar One ­___________________ Spiritual Life Template MyWork 1 ­___________________ What Are My Spiritual Practices? MyWork 2 ­___________________ The Door MyWork 3 ­___________________ The Essentials MyWork 4 ­___________________ Discovering My Spiritual Gifts Seminar Two ­___________________ Our Giftedness Together
Use this to schedule your time.

4. How to lead the seminars
TeamWorks Seminars are designed to foster discussions within the group. Your primary role as the seminar leader is to facilitate discussions.
When you come to a discussion slide divide people into groups of three or four people. Have them share with one another. After they are finished, you can ask individuals to share with the wider group.
Avoid starting with the larger group. Why? Because few people are willing to talk in front of larger groups. By dividing into smaller groups you help everyone have an opportunity to share their ideas.
Spiritual Life Template: You can do groups as large as 10 people with this tool. If you have more, divide the group into small groups. The key to success is for the same group to meet again in the future.
These are the instructions for leading the seminar.

5. SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THE LEADER Seminar 2: Our Giftedness Together
Use this to welcome your group.

6. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there
Read 1 Corinthians 12: 4-7. 
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there
are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are
varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of
them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit
for the common good.
Reflection Question 
The gifts are given for the common good. Share a couple
examples of people in your ministry who use their gifts in ways
that usually go unnoticed.
How do these people impact the whole congregation?
What motivates them?
What would happen if they no longer served?
Use this has your opening devotion. Have people in two or threes answer the reflection questions.
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7. Spiritual Life Questions
Go around the group and have each person report how things went since the last time you met. Ask them if they want to repeat the same thing or doing something new before the next time you meet. (If you are not meeting again with the same group have them share what they did and what they want to do in the future).
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8. Spiritual Life Questions
Do the same thing as in the previous slide.
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9. The Wesleyan Path of Discipleship
We are called to love others in the name of Jesus
The Holy Spirit calls us to righteousness and service
Jesus’ call to follow leads to a new life
God calls us to be in a relationship
Love
Sanctification
Justification
Prevenient grace
Use this to review the idea of call as shared in TeamWorks: Seminar 1: Spiritual Life of the Leader.
The spiritual life is an ongoing process of conversion
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10. Letting go of things that hold us back Conversion
God’s Call
Letting go of things that hold us back
Conversion
Putting on the Spirit of God
Talk about this image of conversion. When we respond to God’s call we are asked to let go of the things that hold us back. Conversion happens as we put on the spirit of God.
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11. Letting go of things that hold us back Conversion
God’s Call
Letting go of things that hold us back
Conversion
Putting on the Spirit of God
On a chalk board, white board, or newsprint, make a list of people in the Bible who received a call (Abram, Moses, Mary, etc.) and answer these questions:
What role did the spirit of God play in these calls?
Whose call do you most relate to?
Have the group respond to these questions.
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12. Spiritual Gifts Discernment
1. Ask group members to circle their primary gift on the Spiritual Gifts Chart pictured on the next slide. 2. Put check marks next to Supporting Gifts.
Personal Reflection:
How are my gifts distributed in the chart?
Do my gifts tend to fall more into one area than another? What does this tell me about which is my strongest area?
How do my primary and supporting gifts work together?
When I think of working with others on a ministry team, what gifts of others will complement my gift mix?
Ask members of the group to get out their results from the Spiritual Gift Assessment Tool found on page 29. Then lead them through this slide and slide 13. In the guidebook these slides are found on page 14.
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13. SPIRITUAL GIFTS CHART Healing Mercy Miracles Discernment Evangelism
Wisdom
Knowledge
Prophecy
Tongues
Interpretation
Pastoring
Teaching
Preaching
Leading
Apostle
Giving
Administration
Helps
Service
Faith
SUPPORTING
LEADERSHIP
COMPASSION -ATE
SPIRITUAL LIFE
Have them use this chart to identify where their primary and supporting gifts are located. Give them a few minutes to go through the reflection questions on the previous slide.
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14. Compile Your Spiritual Gifts Assessments
Have each team member take out his or her Spiritual Gifts Assessment.
On a white board, a chalkboard, or newsprint, draw the graph below. (You need two colors of markers or chalk.) As you go around the table, have each person share their Primary Gift. Write the answer under one of the categories below. Next, using a different color, have each person share his or her Supporting Gifts as they are placed on the chart.
Now you will do the same thing as a group. (it is suggested you prepare this graph before you start the seminar).
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15. Discussion 1
Look at the Spiritual Gifts Groupings and answer the following:
How are the members of your group or team located in the groupings?
Are you all in the same section?
Are you dispersed throughout all four sections? Is one or more section empty?
What does this tell you about the strengths of your group? Of your church?
What does this tell you about where your congregation might need to grow?
What excites you about what you have learned about yourself? About your team? Your small group? Your church?
Lead the group in answering these questions.
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16. Generational ministries
Who are your leaders?
Worship
Christian education
Generational ministries
Small groups
Music
Outreach
Missions
Leaders are people who have responsibility for others
This slide shows all the areas where people can serve in leadership positions in a congregation.
Generational ministries refers to children’s ministries, youth ministries, ministries for older adults, and so on.
One element that should not be overlooked is how you use Safe Sanctuary practices with children and youth. Do you screen the teachers and other adults who are in leadership positions with children and youth?
This is part of the responsibility for equipping and deploying leaders in the church. You can refer participants to where Safe Sanctuary materials are available.
People involved in leading music in worship are also leaders. If you have a choir, then how do you equip them for the ministry of leading music at worship?
Many people in your congregation may be leaders in their workplaces or in non-profit, community, or school groups. How do you recognize their ministries and equip them for their work? Do you see what they do as an extension of your church’s ministry?
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17. Generational ministries
Who are your leaders?
Chair of finance
Nursery Workers
Worship
Christian education
Generational ministries
Small groups
Music
Outreach
Missions
Director of Food Bank
Coach of Youth Basketball Team
Leaders are people who have responsibility for others
3rd Grade Sunday School Teacher
Make a list of leadership positions in your church using the criteria of people who have responsibility for others.
VBS Coordinator
On a white board, chalk board, or newsprint, list positions
in your church that have responsibility for others.
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18. Connected through Your Ministries
HOW PEOPLE BECOME LEADERS
Connected through Your Ministries
Members
Worship Attendees
Leadership Cohort
Leadership Team
Connected People who have contact to your church through outreach and generational ministries
Members People who have made a membership vow
Worship Attendees People who attend twice a month
Leadership Cohort 20% who do 80% of the work and/or participate in small groups
Leadership Team The key decision makers including pastors, staff, and laity
This graph shows the flow of how people connect to the church and move towards leadership in the church.
Key point: The leadership cohort is the 20% who do 80% percent of the work in your church. It’s also true that about 20% of church members give 80% of the financing for ministry.
Who is in the cohort? Anyone who has leadership of some type in your church, including those in formal leadership positions like the trustees, those who teach children, youth, or adults, those who lead small groups, and those who lead outreach ministries in the community or mission trips.
You also can include those who actively participate in small groups where accountability for spiritual growth and development is practiced.
The Leadership Team is a subset of the Leadership Cohort and is composed of those who make decisions that impact the whole church. In larger churches, this may be a staff team.
Key point: Spiritual and numerical growth happens when you equip and support those who are in the Leadership Cohort because they are the key leaders for new projects and ministries.
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19. 20% 80% Leadership Cohort Participants The 20/80 Rule
Attend worship
Participate in classes
Do community outreach
Learn spiritual disciplines
Give 20% of the financial support
Lead groups
Serve on committees
Teach Sunday School & small groups
Lead outreach projects
Give 80% of the financial support
20%
80%
Intentional experiences move people into the cohort
Experiences created by the local church:
Worship
Small groups
Leader training
Outreach projects
Practice of spiritual disciplines
This shows how people move into the leadership cohort.
Key Point: Vital churches invest in their leaders.
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20. Discussion 2 Who is in your Leadership Team?
Who makes up your Leadership Cohort?
Why are small groups part of the Leadership Cohort?
In what ways are you equipping your Leadership Cohort?
How are you inviting people to move through the system?
Break the participants into groups of three or four as they discuss these questions related to the leadership flow.
Give them 10 minutes to share.
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21. What Strong Teams Have in Common
1. Conflict does not destroy strong teams because strong teams focus on results.
2. Strong teams prioritize what’s best for the organization and then move forward.
3. Members of strong teams are as committed to their personal lives as they are to their work.
4. Strong teams embrace diversity.
5. Strong teams are magnets for talent.
This slide talks about teamwork and the characteristics of great teams.
Conflict is seen as an opportunity to innovative. Rather than avoiding conflict, conflict brings real issues out into the open so solutions can be found to issues blocking progress.
Strong teams prioritize what is best for the whole church, not what is best for just one or two people. If one person is blocking change, that person needs to be challenged so that the whole church is not stopped from moving forward.
Members of strong teams are committed to their personal lives:
If staff does all the work at the cost of their families or other close relationships, what is the true cost? And what are the results?
If laity always work in committees but never experience spiritual growth through small groups or developing personal spiritual disciplines, where does hope and inspiration come from?
Strong teams embrace a variety of viewpoints because doing so creates an environment where tension leads to innovation.
Strong teams attract other strong people because strong people like to be part of something that is making a difference.
Source: Tom Rath & Barry Conchie, Strengths Based Leadership, p
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22. Followers’ 4 Basic Needs
1. Trust
Do you do what you say and say what you do?
Honesty, Integrity, Respect
2. Compassion
Do you care about those who work with you as real people?
Caring, Friendship, Happiness, Love
3. Stability
Can people count on you in times of need?
Security, Strength, Support, Peace
4. Hope
Do you initiate rather then react?
Direction, Faith, Guidance
While much talk is given to the needs of leaders, equally important are the needs of those who follow. The words under each point highlight the characteristics that are important.
Notice how these words echo Galatians 5:22-23: “By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.”
Trust: When people lose trust in the leadership of a church, leadership has to be changed or the church will die.
Compassion: Are new people seen as the answer to your needs (we need someone to work in the nursery or to sing in the choir) or does your church intentionally offer opportunities for new people to discover their call and to form relationships that lead them to spiritual maturity?
Stability: In times of need, are you there for the community? For each other?
Hope: Are you proactive rather than waiting for something to happen? Do you offer the hope that is found in Jesus Christ?
Source: Tom Rath & Barry Conchie, Strengths Based Leadership, p
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23. Discussion 3
How do you see your leaders living out the ideas presented in “What strong teams have in Common”?
Where can there be improvement?
What is the most helpful information from “Followers’ Four Basic Needs”?
What implications does this have for your ministry?
Break the participants in groups of three or four and have them talk about these questions.
Give them 10 minutes.
Bring the group back together and talk about some of the issues or ideas that came out of the team discussions.
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24. The Fruit of the Spirit is Available to All
While each of us has a particular spiritual gift mix, each of us also has the opportunity to live out of the fruits of the spirit. Galatians 5:22-26 (NRSV) says, “By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.”
Read this passage about the fruit of the spirit.
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25. Discussion 4
THE ROLE OF THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT 1. Why is it important to realize that everyone is to live out of the fruit of the spirit? 2. How can competition or envy undercut the ability of people to fully use their spiritual gifts? 3. How does avoiding conceit remind us that all gifts come from God? 4. What are some of the best ways to support one another as we discover and try out our spiritual gifts?
Discuss these questions with the group.
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26. Next Steps
Identify a group of leaders who will use the Spiritual Life Template as part of their regular meetings. This could be a staff team, a leadership team, a committee or a small group.
Decide if you want more than one group to start using it.
Talk about ways to use the Spiritual Gifts Assessment with leaders in your church.
Create a process for developing your leadership cohort.
Consider using another TeamWorks guidebook.
Talk about how to follow-up this study. If you want to continue the series do “TeamWorks: Connecting with Your Community” for your next study.
If the same people are participating, you can continue to use the Spiritual Life Template to start each seminar.
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27. TeamWorks Series www.TeamWorksUMC.org
These are the other guidebooks in the series. They are available from Amazon.