Full DYDD journey

Discover Your Divine Design Journey

You are on purpose, for purpose.

  1. 01Welcome & Orientation4 units
  2. 02What is DYDD?7 units
  3. 03Identity11 units
  4. 04Expertise8 units
  5. 05Story12 units
  6. 06Desire8 units
  7. 07Gifts7 units
  8. 08Niche13 units

Welcome to Discover Your Divine Design

Welcome the learner into Welcome to Discover Your Divine Design and make the next part of the journey feel clear, doable, and personal.

Orientation4-6 min
Welcome & OrientationOpen the trail, explain how the digital class works, and help the learner choose a pace.

This lesson introduces Welcome to Discover Your Divine Design as part of the Welcome & Orientation movement of Discover Your Divine Design. It should give enough teaching to make the next reflection meaningful without overwhelming the learner.

The rhythm is steady: teach the idea, name what to notice, invite a small act of reflection, then move to the next right step when the lesson is complete.

First lesson
Course architectureOpen the source materials, outline stats, and progress model

Built from the real class, book, and workbook.

  • DYDD Class 2-26.pptx
  • Discover Your Divine Design Edit 3-26-26.docx
  • Discover Your Divine Design Workbook Edit 5-6-26.pdf
  • Leaders Playbook.docx
  • Extracted workbook clean text: generated/dydd-journey-content/workbook-clean.txt

A complete lesson path from welcome to niche declaration.

The uploaded spreadsheet is now translated into explicit course units with content indicators, workbook attachments, DesignID reflections, assessment steps, and Pathfinder checkpoints.

8
Modules
70
Lessons and checkpoints
10
DesignID reflections
12
Pathfinder moments

Built for solo learners now and Camp Circle visibility later.

Each unit has a stable slug and type, so progress can eventually be shown for every person without exposing private workbook entries.

  1. 01Welcome & Orientation4 units
  2. 02What is DYDD?7 units
  3. 03Identity11 units
  4. 04Expertise8 units
  5. 05Story12 units
  6. 06Desire8 units
  7. 07Gifts7 units
  8. 08Niche13 units
Advanced build layerOpen the legacy workbook, CARE, facilitator, and Dydi planning structure
01Welcome and OrientationTrailhead02IdentityChapter 103ExpertiseChapter 204StoryChapter 305DesireChapter 406GiftsChapter 507Niche and DeclarationChapter 6

Welcome and Orientation

Open the journey with Ephesians 2:8-10, the DESIGN framework, and a clear expectation that this is a lived path, not only a class to consume.

Workbook introduction, pages 1-5; book introduction; class deck week one
DesignID

Optional but powerful early mirror

DesignID is introduced before chapter one as a way to make Identity more personal. The app should invite it early without making the book dependent on it.

Sample lessons that can sit above the workbook flow.

These are starter lesson blocks for the course map you are building now: module introduction, teaching media, practical focus, and the handoff into CARE or Pathfinder.

Welcome to the Trail

8-10 minutes

A warm first lesson that helps the learner understand the larger DYDD path before they begin answering workbook questions.

For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Ephesians 2:10
  • Settle into the language of On Purpose, For Purpose.
  • See how the book, workbook, assessments, and companion guidance belong together.
  • Choose a simple pace for walking the journey without rushing the work.
This is a journey, not a content library.

Discover Your Divine Design is meant to help you walk with God through identity, story, gifts, desire, and purpose. The lessons give language, but the real work happens as you notice what God has already been shaping in your life.

The app holds the trail in order: teaching first, workbook reflection next, CARE practice after that, and Pathfinder language as you begin naming faithful next steps.

Start with openness before answers.

You do not need to understand every assessment, label, or destination on day one. Begin by paying attention to what feels alive, what feels resistant, and what questions keep returning.

Those signals become useful later when the journey begins connecting your DesignID, Spiritual Gifts, DesignPD, and FruitLife formation patterns.

Write one sentence that begins, 'I am starting this journey because...' Keep it honest, simple, and current.

NextName the reason you are beginning and the one question you want to carry into the first chapter.

Journey overview image
Lesson 01 media space

How This Journey Works

6-8 minutes

A video-led orientation lesson that gives John a clean space to explain the rhythm of each chapter before the learner reaches CARE prompts.

  • Introduce the recurring chapter flow: teaching, reflection, CARE, and Pathfinder.
  • Explain that assessments are mirrors that help personalize the journey.
  • Clarify what stays private and what can later be shared in a Camp Circle.
Each chapter has a repeatable path.

Every chapter should feel familiar without becoming flat. You will begin with a short teaching section, then move into reflection, then practice the CARE rhythm: Connect, Act, Reflect, and Explore.

The goal is not to finish a checklist. The goal is to slow down enough to recognize what God is revealing and then take the next faithful step with it.

Assessments become mirrors, not boxes.

DesignID, Spiritual Gifts, DesignPD, and FruitLife 360 can eventually sit beside the lesson and speak directly into the learner's path. A Shepherd should not experience Identity the same way an Architect does, and a person leading a group should not see the same controls as someone walking alone.

The course still needs one clear path for everyone, but the app can place personal insight beside that path when the learner is signed in and their records are connected.

Some work is private before it becomes shared.

Journal entries, CARE reflections, and assessment records should belong first to the learner. Camp Circle tools can invite shared progress, reminders, and discussion, but private workbook answers should not be exposed casually.

Choose whether you are walking this weekly, in a short intensive, with a partner, or inside a group. That pace will shape reminders and chapter expectations later.

NextConfirm your preferred pace and prepare to move from orientation into Identity.

Video teaching space with John
Lesson 02 media space
Build notesOpen the video, interaction, Dydi, and database planning layer

Video intro

John welcomes the learner, frames the app as a guided workbook, and explains how videos, reflection, assessments, and Dydi work together.

Interactive moves

  • Introduce On Purpose, For Purpose.
  • Connect: engage with God, yourself, and others.
  • Act: take the next small, faithful step.
  • Reflect: pause, notice, and discern what God is refining.
  • Explore: stay curious and consider what God may be inviting next.
  • Let the learner record starting hopes, questions, assessment status, and support preferences.

Dydi context

Dydi should know why the learner started, which assessments are already complete, and what kind of support they want.

Database record

Create a journey enrollment, first session event, assessment readiness checklist, and orientation snapshot for Dydi.

Session 1: On Purpose, For Purpose

In the moment
  • Frame DYDD around Ephesians 2:10 and the idea that each person is intentionally designed.
  • Set the culture: honest reflection, no pressure to overshare, and respect for private work.
  • Explain how the app, workbook, assessments, and Circle summaries work together.
Prepare next
  • Make sure every participant can access the Journey and understands the private-versus-shared boundary.
  • Send the DesignID assessment link early enough for results to be ready during Identity.
  • Review the first Identity prompts and choose one table question for the circle.
Email queue
  • Welcome to the Circle and what to expect.
  • DesignID assessment link and completion deadline.
  • Week one recap with next reading and reflection rhythm.
Pull from appendix
  • Sample class schedules
  • Leader preparation checklist
  • Church promotion materials
Workbook intro: How this workbook fits into your DYDD journeySet Your Journey IntentionHelp the learner name why they are here, what they hope God clarifies, and how they want to move through the book/workbook path.
Connect

Notice what drew you to begin now and where you sense God already stirring questions, hopes, or resistance.

Act

Choose a simple rhythm for this journey: reading pace, reflection time, and where notes will live.

Reflect

Consider what would make this more than information gathering for you.

Explore

Name what could become possible if the journey gives you clearer language for your design.

Workbook intro: Introducing DesignIDAssessment ReadinessGive the learner a place to record whether DesignID, Spiritual Gifts, DesignPD, Design Pathways, or FruitLife 360 are complete or still ahead.
Connect

Connect the tools to the larger journey so assessments become mirrors, not labels.

Act

Mark which tools are complete and which one should be next.

Reflect

Notice where you are tempted to let a report define you instead of letting it help you listen.

Explore

Imagine how the journey might become more personal once these mirrors are connected.

Pathfinder Setup

Before Identity begins, Pathfinder starts as a simple trail marker: where are you now, what are you seeking, and what next step would count as faithful movement?

Identity

Ground the learner in whose they are before asking what they do, peeling back false labels and receiving identity in Christ.

Workbook chapter one, pages 6-32; book chapter one; class deck week two
DesignID

DesignID belongs early in Identity

Chapter one includes the DesignID wheel, primary/secondary reflection, integrative reflection, capacity, learning approach, contribution, shadow, and overall summary. If results exist, prefill the reflection language here.

Sample lessons that can sit above the workbook flow.

These are starter lesson blocks for the course map you are building now: module introduction, teaching media, practical focus, and the handoff into CARE or Pathfinder.

Before Who You Are, Remember Whose You Are

7-9 minutes

A short bridge lesson placed above the workbook section so the learner is spiritually and emotionally oriented before entering the first CARE sequence.

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God.

1 John 3:1
  • Separate identity from role, achievement, failure, and comparison.
  • Anchor the first chapter in belonging to God before naming personal design.
  • Prepare the learner to answer the workbook honestly and prayerfully.
Whose you are comes before what you do.

The first chapter cannot begin with talent, productivity, calling, or personality. Those things matter, but they are not strong enough to carry identity. Christian identity begins with belonging to God through grace.

Before the learner names their gifts or purpose, this lesson creates space to receive the deeper truth: you are not earning your way into design. You are discovering what God has already been forming in you.

Old labels can sound true without being true.

Many people enter this work carrying names given by performance, disappointment, comparison, family systems, ministry wounds, or failure. Those labels often feel familiar, but familiarity is not the same as truth.

This section prepares the learner to place old names beside God's truth before answering the workbook prompts. The workbook becomes more honest when the heart is not trying to defend itself.

DesignID helps language what identity can express.

DesignID can help a learner notice patterns of reflection: how they create, care, steward, or express what God placed in them. But the report is not the source of identity. It is a mirror that can support the identity work already rooted in Christ.

Name one label you have carried, then write one truth about whose you are before God.

NextRead the first workbook section and answer the Who Are You and Whose Are You prompts.

Identity trail badge
Lesson 01 media space
Build notesOpen the video, interaction, Dydi, and database planning layer

Video intro

John teaches identity as received before achieved, then invites the learner to notice old names, labels, and grace patterns.

Interactive moves

  • Teach identity in Christ as the foundation for design.
  • Use DesignID reflections as a lens for image-bearing without turning them into labels.
  • Move from personal identity into identity among believers and one-another love.
  • Begin the Niche Declaration with identity language.

Dydi context

Dydi should reference the learner's DesignID snapshot when available and help them separate identity from performance, comparison, and shame.

Database record

Store identity reflections, false labels, truth statements, DesignID unpacking, loving/one-another responses, and the identity line of the niche declaration.

Session 2: Identity and DesignID

In the moment
  • Keep identity grounded in whose we are before moving into what we do.
  • Use DesignID as a mirror for grace patterns, not a label that defines the person.
  • Invite shared summaries only; personal DesignID details stay private unless the participant chooses to share.
Prepare next
  • Check who has completed DesignID and who needs a reminder.
  • Prepare a simple explanation of primary, secondary, and integrative reflections.
  • Preview Expertise so participants begin noticing skills, competencies, and developed wisdom.
Email queue
  • DesignID result reminder for anyone not finished.
  • Identity recap and personal reflection prompt.
  • Expertise preview with what to notice this week.
Pull from appendix
  • DesignID assessment instructions
  • Table discussion questions
  • Facilitator quick guide
Workbook p. 7-8Who Are You and Whose Are You?Move the learner from old labels into received identity as a beloved child of God.
Connect

When you hear that you are a child of God, notice whether it feels true or whether old labels rise up.

Act

Name one lie or label and place it beside a Scripture-rooted truth.

Reflect

Ask whether your identity is shaped more by who you think you are or by whose you are.

Explore

Imagine how tomorrow changes when you focus on whose you are.

Workbook p. 9-18Unpack Your DesignID ReflectionsCapture the learner's DesignID profile as an Identity lens: primary, secondary, integrative reflection, capacity, learning approach, contribution, and shadow.
Connect

See DesignID as a mirror for how grace may naturally move through your identity.

Act

Record your primary, secondary, integrative reflection, and capacity notes.

Reflect

Notice which parts feel life-giving, stretched, limited, or in need of surrender.

Explore

Ask how your reflection language can help you love God and others more faithfully.

Workbook p. 19-24Your Identity Among BelieversConnect identity to the Body of Christ and to loving God with heart, soul, mind, and strength.
Connect

Notice where God has placed you among other believers and how His love is moving through you.

Act

Take one intentional step to love another believer with no transaction attached.

Reflect

Evaluate heart, soul, mind, and strength as ways of loving God.

Explore

Consider how your identity fits into the larger story of the Body of Christ.

Workbook p. 25-30Loving Yourself, Loving OthersHelp the learner receive God's love and practice one-another love through every reflection, including the reflections that feel less natural.
Connect

Notice where it is harder to receive God's love for yourself or pour love into others.

Act

Practice a one-another action from each reflection this week.

Reflect

Ask where you naturally serve others and where you have held back.

Explore

Explore one way God may be stretching you to love differently.

Pathfinder: Identity Line

At the end of Identity, Pathfinder captures the first line of the eventual Niche Declaration: I believe God created me...

Expertise

Help the learner name talents, competencies, developed skills, and areas where God has shaped wisdom through practice.

Workbook chapter two, pages 33-48; book chapter two; class deck week three
Build notesOpen the video, interaction, Dydi, and database planning layer

Video intro

John reframes expertise as faithful development over time, not self-promotion or instant mastery.

Interactive moves

  • Distinguish talent, competency, and expertise.
  • Trace where skill came from practice, pain, opportunity, and service.
  • Connect being before doing.
  • Add expertise language to the Niche Declaration.

Dydi context

Dydi should connect assessment strengths to lived experience and help the learner name evidence without exaggeration.

Database record

Store talent inventory, competency evidence, expertise themes, being-before-doing reflection, and the expertise line of the niche declaration.

Session 3: Expertise

In the moment
  • Help people separate humility from hiding real skill.
  • Name expertise as faithful development through practice, pain, opportunity, and service.
  • Draw out concrete evidence rather than vague strengths.
Prepare next
  • Ask participants to list moments, people, places, and seasons that shaped them.
  • Prepare the circle for Story with care, gentleness, and freedom not to share everything.
  • Choose discussion prompts that keep Story redemptive without rushing meaning.
Email queue
  • Expertise recap and skill inventory reminder.
  • Story preparation note with privacy expectations.
  • Optional mentor/friend question for outside confirmation.
Pull from appendix
  • Weekly teaching outline
  • Table discussion questions
  • Common launch mistakes
Workbook p. 34-36The Slow and Faithful Journey to ExpertiseFrame expertise as patient formation, like the rings of an oak tree, shaped through seasons of growth and endurance.
Connect

Look for signs of God's steady growth even when the process has been slow.

Act

Choose consistency over speed and practice one craft or responsibility as worship.

Reflect

Look back at successes and struggles as raw material God has used to strengthen you.

Explore

Ask where God may be inviting you to grow next in skill, wisdom, or influence.

Workbook p. 37-39Talents and CompetencyIdentify natural talents, cultivated skills, and places where the learner has moved from raw ability into competency.
Connect

Notice activities that come naturally, receive compliments, or make time disappear.

Act

Name where you are practicing or showing up consistently.

Reflect

Ask whether you are stewarding your talents or burying them out of fear, comfort, or complacency.

Explore

Identify one area in work, home, church, or personal life where God wants growth this season.

Workbook p. 40-41What Is Expertise?Differentiate easy knowledge from wisdom formed through faithful repetition, mentorship, practice, and maturity.
Connect

Thank God for people and seasons that shaped your real-world insight.

Act

Choose one deliberate, learnable practice and schedule the reps.

Reflect

Name where you are competent and where God may be inviting you toward expertise.

Explore

Plan a next learning stretch: book, course, mentor, shadowing, or teaching someone newer.

Workbook p. 42-44Being Before DoingAnchor expertise in presence with Jesus so doing flows from identity rather than striving.
Connect

Notice what areas have allowed busy to take the stage.

Act

Begin a task by praying, 'Lord, help me do this with You, not for You.'

Reflect

Ask where your value has become tied to performance.

Explore

Choose one daily rhythm that helps your doing flow from being with Jesus.

Pathfinder: Expertise Line

At the end of Expertise, Pathfinder captures the talents, skills, competencies, and matured wisdom that may support the eventual niche.

Story

Guide the learner through testimony, family, culture, work, and church story so pain, formation, and redemption become visible.

Workbook chapter three, pages 49-64; book chapter three; class deck week four
Build notesOpen the video, interaction, Dydi, and database planning layer

Video intro

John introduces story as redeemed material, helping the learner name where God has been forming compassion and calling.

Interactive moves

  • Capture key shaping moments.
  • Write or outline faith story.
  • Name family, culture, work, and church story influences.
  • Notice how DesignID reflections have appeared across the story.
  • Add story language to the Niche Declaration.

Dydi context

Dydi should handle story carefully, inviting reflection without forcing trauma disclosure or premature conclusions.

Database record

Store story snapshots, formative people and places, redemption themes, reflection-pattern story evidence, and the story line of the niche declaration.

Session 4: Story

In the moment
  • Create a careful room where people can name formation without being pushed into exposure.
  • Help participants see triumphs, wounds, culture, family, work, and church as formation material.
  • Keep the shared Circle record focused on themes, questions, and learning, not private details.
Prepare next
  • Preview Desire as the place where burden, motivation, and longing become clearer.
  • Ask participants to notice what consistently moves their heart.
  • Prepare a follow-up note that honors Story without summarizing anyone's personal pain.
Email queue
  • Story recap with a gentle follow-up reflection.
  • Desire preview: what moves you and what burdens you.
  • Care note reminding participants they control what they share.
Pull from appendix
  • Purpose conversation guide
  • Table discussion questions
  • Facilitator quick guide
Workbook p. 50The Moments That Shape UsBegin the story chapter by listing major moments that shaped the learner before interpreting them too quickly.
Connect

Name triumph, tragedy, joy, pain, and the moments that left a mark.

Act

List major moments without forcing full meaning yet.

Reflect

Notice which moments still carry emotion, gratitude, grief, courage, or questions.

Explore

Ask where God may have been present even in places you could not see Him clearly then.

Workbook p. 51-52Sharing Your Faith StoryHelp the learner outline testimony through life before Jesus, coming to know Jesus, life after, and current obedience.
Connect

Write your faith story and name whether it includes a turning point or gradual surrender.

Act

Tell your faith story to someone you trust.

Reflect

Ask what part of your story could encourage someone else.

Explore

Ask one or two people to share their faith stories and listen for encouragement.

Workbook p. 53-55Family and Culture StoryDiscern family and culture as both gift and wound, inheritance and stewardship, with Christ as the defining center.
Connect

Name one gift and one wound you have inherited from family or culture.

Act

Create a carry-forward / lay-down list and take one concrete step this week.

Reflect

Ask which inherited belief should be kept and which should be surrendered.

Explore

Share a meaningful conversation with a believer from a different background.

Workbook p. 56-60Work Story and Church StoryBring ordinary work, service, church experience, and Body of Christ belonging into the story of design.
Connect

Ask what you can do, what you have, and where God has placed you.

Act

Notice one faithful act available in your current role.

Reflect

Ask whether you define value by what you do more than who you are in Christ.

Explore

Consider where God may be shifting you from attending church to belonging to His Body.

Workbook p. 61-62How Your Reflections Fit Within Your StoryUse Architect, Artisan, Shepherd, and Steward as a lens for seeing design evidence across the learner's life story.
Connect

Look for moments where vision, clarity, compassion, or faithfulness appeared in your story.

Act

Answer the prompts for your primary reflection.

Reflect

Notice who modeled these reflections for you.

Explore

Ask how God has used your reflection pattern to serve or strengthen others.

Pathfinder: Story Line

At the end of Story, Pathfinder captures the Coming from... line of the eventual Niche Declaration.

Desire

Name holy desire as the inner fire God shapes and aligns, connecting passion to purpose without confusing it with selfish ambition.

Workbook chapter four, pages 65-75; book chapter four; class deck week five
Build notesOpen the video, interaction, Dydi, and database planning layer

Video intro

John helps the learner notice what moves them, burdens them, and keeps showing up as a Spirit-shaped concern.

Interactive moves

  • Discern desire, passion, burden, and motivation.
  • Use DesignID reflections to notice how the heart expresses desire.
  • Connect desire back to identity, expertise, and story.
  • Add desire language to the Niche Declaration.

Dydi context

Dydi should help test desires against Scripture, fruit, service, and peace rather than treating every want as a calling.

Database record

Store heart motivations, burden statements, reflection desire notes, integration table, and the desire line of the niche declaration.

Session 5: Desire

In the moment
  • Distinguish holy desire from pressure, ego, fear, or preference alone.
  • Help the circle notice how identity, expertise, and story are beginning to converge.
  • Keep participants moving toward surrender and faithful action, not just self-analysis.
Prepare next
  • Send the Spiritual Gifts assessment link or reminder before the Gifts session.
  • Prepare examples of gifts as grace for service rather than status.
  • Review how DesignID and Spiritual Gifts will sit side by side.
Email queue
  • Desire recap with next faithful step.
  • Spiritual Gifts assessment invitation and completion deadline.
  • Week five reminder with reading and prayer prompt.
Pull from appendix
  • Spiritual Gifts assessment instructions
  • Weekly teaching outline
  • Leader preparation checklist
Workbook p. 66-69The Reflections and the Desires of the HeartUse the reflections to see why the learner says, thinks, lives, and loves the way they do.
Connect

Notice how words, thoughts, actions, and affection flow from the desires of the heart.

Act

Personalize how your top reflections speak, think, live, and love.

Reflect

Ask what these patterns reveal about holy desire and shadow desire.

Explore

Consider how desire can be renewed by the Spirit instead of driven by fear or ego.

Workbook p. 70-72Desire Aligned with God's DesignBring desire before God so longing becomes surrender, obedience, peace, and kingdom contribution.
Connect

Ask God to show one desire that draws you nearer and one that needs refining.

Act

Take one small prompting of obedience and trust that God guides as you walk.

Reflect

Release one desire that brings anxiety rather than peace.

Explore

Explore one area where natural desire could be turned toward kingdom good.

Workbook p. 72-74Pulling It All TogetherStep back and see how Identity, Expertise, Story, and Desire begin to point toward calling.
Connect

Name the two strongest truths or insights God has shown so far.

Act

Complete a summary table for Identity, Expertise, Story, and Desire.

Reflect

Look for patterns and themes beginning to converge.

Explore

Ask how God has been shaping these pieces for the good works He prepared.

Pathfinder: Desire Line

At the end of Desire, Pathfinder captures the Impassioned by... line of the eventual Niche Declaration.

Gifts

Bring Spiritual Gifts results into the larger DESIGN path so gifts are seen as grace for service, not badges of importance.

Workbook chapter five, pages 76-89; book chapter five; class deck week five/six
Spiritual Gifts

This is the chapter where Spiritual Gifts must surface clearly

If a Spiritual Gifts snapshot exists, this chapter should show top gifts, definitions, Scriptures, surprises, current use, family/body service, and confirmation prompts.

DesignID

Compare gifts with reflections

The workbook asks the learner to compare top gifts with DesignID reflections so the app should place these two mirrors side by side here.

Build notesOpen the video, interaction, Dydi, and database planning layer

Video intro

John teaches gifts as Spirit-given empowerment and guides the learner to compare assessment results with lived fruit.

Interactive moves

  • Invite or import Spiritual Gifts assessment results.
  • Unpack the top gifts in the learner's own words.
  • Connect gifts to DesignID reflections, identity, expertise, story, and desire.
  • Add gifts language to the Niche Declaration.

Dydi context

Dydi should use the learner's Spiritual Gifts snapshot when available and invite confirmation through community and service.

Database record

Store gift results, gift definitions in the learner's words, observed confirmation, service examples, integration notes, and the gifts line of the niche declaration.

Session 6: Spiritual Gifts

In the moment
  • Present gifts as Spirit-empowered service for the Body of Christ.
  • Compare gifts with DesignID and lived confirmation without forcing conclusions.
  • Encourage people to test gifts through humble service, community confirmation, and fruit.
Prepare next
  • Ask participants to review every Pathfinder line created so far.
  • Prepare the Niche session as synthesis, not a high-pressure final answer.
  • Identify participants who may need coaching before drafting a declaration.
Email queue
  • Spiritual Gifts result follow-up.
  • Niche preparation note with all prior lines to review.
  • Service experiment invitation for the week.
Pull from appendix
  • Assessment instructions
  • Purpose conversation guide
  • Table discussion questions
Workbook p. 77-79Spiritual Gifts: From Design to PowerMove from preparation to Spirit-given empowerment for service and the building up of others.
Connect

Thank God for giving you a place in His kingdom and ask where He is already working through your life.

Act

Serve one tangible need and ask the Spirit to empower the act.

Reflect

Ask how your story, skills, and desires interact with your gifts for unity and growth.

Explore

Try one service opportunity that stretches your comfort zone and notice joy, peace, or fruitfulness.

Workbook p. 80-81Unpack Your Spiritual GiftsRecord top gifts, definitions in the learner's words, resonant Scriptures, surprises, and current/future service.
Connect

Bring your Spiritual Gifts assessment results into the journey.

Act

Rewrite your top gifts in your own words and record Scriptures that resonate.

Reflect

Notice what surprised you and how you are currently using your gifts.

Explore

Name one way gifts can benefit the Body of Christ and one way they can benefit family.

Workbook p. 82-84Spiritual Gifts and Your Divine ReflectionCompare Spiritual Gifts with DesignID reflection language to see how what God empowers and how a person naturally moves can work together.
Connect

Ask where God's design and divine purpose meet through gifts and reflections.

Act

Choose one gift aligned with your reflection and use it intentionally this week.

Reflect

Name which gifts feel most aligned and which stretch you.

Explore

Put DesignID and Spiritual Gifts side by side and note overlaps, differences, and new service possibilities.

Workbook p. 85-88Considering Your Path ForwardHold every tool lightly, compare gifts with Story, Identity, Expertise, and Desire, and notice how patterns point toward service.
Connect

Thank God for every insight and hold assessments as invitations, not conclusions.

Act

Offer one area of expertise or weakness to God in prayer.

Reflect

Ask what to hold lightly and what to hold with intention.

Explore

Use one gift or skill in service and notice peace, fruitfulness, or joy.

Pathfinder: Gifts Line

At the end of Gifts, Pathfinder captures the Supported by... line of the eventual Niche Declaration.

Niche and Declaration

Synthesize Identity, Expertise, Story, Desire, and Gifts into a working niche statement, prayer needs, and declaration.

Workbook chapter six, pages 90-95; book chapter six; class deck week seven
Build notesOpen the video, interaction, Dydi, and database planning layer

Video intro

John leads the learner through the convergence point: not doing everything, but naming the right thing to faithfully offer.

Interactive moves

  • Review every previous Pathfinder line.
  • Draft and refine the full Niche Declaration.
  • Name support team, prayer needs, and next faithful experiments.

Dydi context

Dydi should synthesize the whole record and help the learner revise a clear, humble, actionable niche declaration.

Database record

Store final niche statement, declaration versions, support needs, encouragement network, and next faithful experiments.

Sessions 7-8: Niche, Declaration, and Commissioning

In the moment
  • Help participants synthesize Identity, Expertise, Story, Desire, and Gifts into a working declaration.
  • Treat the declaration as a faithful draft, not a contract.
  • Close with encouragement, prayer, next experiments, and a support rhythm.
Prepare next
  • Prepare commissioning language and next-step options.
  • Invite alumni groups, mentoring, service experiments, or a follow-up Circle.
  • Capture shared themes while preserving each person's private declaration record.
Email queue
  • Niche draft reminder and support-team prompt.
  • Commissioning recap and next faithful experiment.
  • Alumni group invitation or next Circle pathway.
Pull from appendix
  • Sample alumni gathering agenda
  • Launching alumni groups
  • Leadership implementation timeline
Workbook p. 90-93Before You Write Your Niche DeclarationRemove pressure from the declaration by framing it as voice, not a contract; response, not perfection.
Connect

Review the five gathered lines: created me, coming from, which enables me, impassioned by, supported by.

Act

Bring the lines into one working draft.

Reflect

Ask what feels clear, what feels tentative, and what needs more prayer.

Explore

Consider what specific service, dedication, development, or ministry could become the next faithful step.

Workbook p. 93Encouraged ByName the people, prayer needs, and encouragement structures that will help the learner walk in the niche.
Connect

Name family, mentors, friends, pastors, or peers who can encourage the next step.

Act

Ask for prayer in specific places: courage, clarity, provision, protection, fruitfulness.

Reflect

Notice what support you are tempted to avoid because of pride, fear, or isolation.

Explore

Imagine a support rhythm that keeps the niche practical and accountable.

Workbook p. 94My Niche DeclarationGive the learner one focused place to draft the full declaration in honest, hopeful, bold language.
Connect

Pray over the declaration before trying to perfect it.

Act

Write a complete draft using the chapter lines.

Reflect

Read it back and ask whether it sounds faithful, humble, and actionable.

Explore

Name one small faithful experiment that tests the declaration in real life.

Pathfinder: Send-Off

The final Pathfinder step turns the declaration into a route: support, prayer, next experiment, and the first place to practice living on purpose, for purpose.