1. Leadership Team Day Retreat

2. Purpose Short-term motivation for long-term habits The Point System

3. Spiritual Foundation Book List Effort for Growth Lifetime Growth Book List Attend Leadership Events The Ministry Investing in Others Ownership & Initiative

4. A Note About Books Each book will be accompanied with a few questions you must answer to receive credit for reading it. If I invest in a book for you… 1. You must highlight and mark up the book to make the best of it. 2. You must complete the book and submit the questions within a certain time frame.  2 months for Level 2, Level 3, and Spiritual books

5. The Point System: Rewards  Individual Per season – free seasonal trip * Experimental stage: rewards, point values, etc. are subject to change

6. The Point System: Rewards  Individual Per season – free seasonal trip Per year – at least the airfare for LA Congress in March * Experimental stage: rewards, point values, etc. are subject to change

7. The Point System: Rewards  Group Rewards Point requirements and rewards may vary  Summer: 250 points Pool Party @ Dinh’s house * Experimental stage: rewards, point values, etc. are subject to change

8. The Point System: Rewards  Group Rewards Point requirements and rewards may vary  Summer: 250 points  Fall Thanksgiving Dinner * Experimental stage: rewards, point values, etc. are subject to change

9. The Point System: Rewards  Group Rewards Point requirements and rewards may vary  Summer: 250 points  Fall  Winter No School on Tet * Experimental stage: rewards, point values, etc. are subject to change

10. The Point System: Rewards  Group Rewards Point requirements and rewards may vary  Summer: 250 points  Fall  Winter  Spring * Experimental stage: rewards, point values, etc. are subject to change

11. The Point System: Summary Spiritual Foundation Lifetime GrowthThe Ministry 1 pointGoing to mass on time Investing in Others Up to 2 pointsMaking Connections Up to 3 pointsLeading a Youth Group Meeting Up to 5 pointsAttending Leadership Events Up to 30 pointsReading from the Book List Points may be awarded for other activities as deemed appropriate  Example: +1 initiative point for Liz for submitting the Outreach Opportunity information well before the deadline  Example: +3 initiative points for Navy for accepting to be the secretary

12. Current Ranking RankNamePoints 1Liz6 2Bekkah5 3David4 4Jayden4 5Navy3 TOTAL22

13. 22/250 Current team point total

14. Example Breakdown Action ItemPoints Current total22 5 people invest in others5 7 people make connections14 7 people help with youth group meetings14 10 people go to mass on time for 6 weeks60 8 people read Level 1 books80 2 people read Level 2 books40 Random points15 Total250  From now until August 15…

15. Extras

16. Spiritual Foundation: Book List TitleAuthorPoints How Big is Your GodPaul Coutinho30 Captivating (Ladies)Stasi Eldredge30 Wild at Heart (Men)John Eldredge30 

17. Lifetime Growth: Book List Title AuthorPagesCategory Points IndividualGroupBoth Level 1Dream Giver Bruce Wilkinson160Inspirational10515 The Slight Edge Jeff Olson168Self-Improvement10NA The Traveler's Gift Andy Andrews240Inspirational10515 The Ultimate Gift Jim Stovall160Inspirational10NA Whale Done! Kenneth Blanchard128Leadership10515 Who Moved My Cheese Spencer Johnson96Self-Improvement10NA Level 2Bringing Out the Best in People Alan Loy McGinnis192Leadership201025 Failing Forward John C. Maxwell224Leadership201025 How to Have Confidence and Power in Dealing with People Les Giblin192Self-Improvement201025 The Servant James Hunter187Leadership201025 The Serving Leader Kenneth Blanchard180Leadership201025 Level 3How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie320Self-Improvement301535 The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership John C. Maxwell336Leadership301535 Developing the Leader Within You John C. Maxwell224Leadership301535 

18. Lifetime Growth: Events  Examples:  Timothy Course Jayden & David: +4 points 2 (attendance) 1 (initiative) + 1 (presentation) 4

19. Lifetime Growth: Events  Examples:  Timothy Course Jayden & David: +4 points  Vietnamese-American Conference Liz & Bekkah: +5 points 2 (attendance) 1 (initiative) 1 (investment) +1 (presentation) 5 

20. The Ministry: Investing in Others These apply to people who aren’t in your typical circle of friends, and specifically to the 3 rd generation:  Attending a sporting or extracurricular event  Other conscious efforts to invest in other people 1 pt per event, up to 2 pts per week

21. The Ministry: Investing in Others  Sending members photos taken of them at youth group events  Bringing them favorite snacks to arrive on their birthdays  Taping notes of encouragement on their front door (or themselves) during exams or other stressful periods  Use a member as a positive illustration for a sharing  Asking members (one-on-one) to pray for you  Calling members on their first day of school & praying for them  Doing something special in youth group for someone’s birthday (outside your group of friends) 

22. The Ministry: Ownership  Leading a youth group meeting (up to 3 pts, limit once every two months)  Making connections (up to 2 pts)  Example: watching a movie and relating its theme to Christianity  Example: paying attention to your friend’s or sibling’s needs and coming up with a topic for a youth group meeting  Example: reading something that inspires you to want to teach it so you come up with a lesson plan  What scenes would you show? What theme would you talk about? What discussion questions would you use?