Training Tools

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• THINGS EVERY LEADER SHOULD KNOW
• TEACHING TOOLS
• APPLICATION LIBRARY
• POSTERS
• BOOKMARKS

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This six-page write-up gives some reasons why wise leaders focus on relationship development at all levels.

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Includes: a ​suggested agenda for the first session and ongoing sessions, and a brief introduction to four different “Training Tracks.”

Tip: print the worksheet on white paper and the leader’s guide on colored paper to make it easy to keep the leader’s guide separate from the worksheets you give your group.

Tip: print the leader’s guide on colored paper. This makes it easy to keep it separate from the worksheets you give your group.

Tip: print the leader’s guide on colored paper. This makes it easy to keep it separate from the worksheets you give your group.

12 Seeds Acrostic: Print Quizzes 1 & 2
Quiz 1 and 2 focus on learning the 12 Seeds acrostic. ​

Definitions of Each Seed: Print Quiz 3
Quiz 3 matches each seed with their brief definition
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Needs 12 Seeds Help Fill: Print Quiz 4
​Quiz 4 matches each seed with the needs they help fill.

This series of 10 pages shows how each seed is a gift from God that can be shared with others in relationships. Describes how to fill needs via Agape love, how to grow from a life of taking to a life of giving, and includes a brief introduction and review of each of the
12 Seeds.

This concise guide gives helpful tips for experienced as well as inexperienced leaders and facilitators. This guide is especially helpful if you want to rotate leadership among members of your group. Includes preparation ideas, suggested agendas, and annotations of the Scripture passages used in the
Gifts of Love series.

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This guide has over 140 Bible references arranged by seed. Includes brief descriptions of each passage. Very useful if you’re leading a study or discussion of a particular seed.

Also, helpful for personal study. This reference collection works well with the 3-up Scripture Study Sheets, below.

These study sheets have 8 to 15 verses for each seed, a total of over 140 Bible references arranged by seed. Each sheet has a brief description of the seed, plus Scripture references related to that seed. Also has room for participants to write notes about each reference. These study sheets are 3-up on a standard 8.5″ x 11″ page — just download and print out the sheets you want to use and split into 3 strips (3 5/8″ wide each by 8.5″ high)

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The 12 Seeds are Biblical principles for excellent relationships. But how do we apply them to our lives? Transforming Relationships half-sheet reminder lists 5 life-changing habits that help grow the 12 Seeds. This comes 2-up on 8.5″ x 11″ paper. It can be used as a bulletin insert, study sheet or bookmark.

This course guide makes a useful bookmark and is great for individual study, accountability relationships, classes and discussion groups.

Working on all 12 Seeds at once can be overwhelming! The Grow One! Personal Seedgrowing Guide helps you focus on one seed at a time. First developed in 2008, we’ve updated this handy tool. It can be used as a type of “relational triage” to determine which seed you most need to work on. There’s also space for you to write out specific things you can do to grow the seed. Works well for accountability relationships.

“It is difficult to work on all the seeds at once. . . but I can work on one!”

This Grow One! Personal Seedgrowing Guide is similar to the one above, but can be used in a general business setting. Use this tool as a type of “relational triage” to determine which seed you most need to work on. There is also space for you to write out specific things you can do to grow the seed. Works well for accountability relationships.

This one-page tool explores the five habits
by which we can share God’s love with others.
It can be useful for individual or group study.

As you love others via the 12 Seeds, look for a harvest of better relationships!

Enjoy a crossword puzzle as you relax at the end of the day, or use this with the 12 Seeds book as a teaching tool for children or adults. The crossword puzzle comes in two styles: one with a design background and the other plain white. Both styles come with answer sheets.

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This prayer, found on page 123 of
the 12 Seeds book, includes all
12 Biblical principles for healthy relationships. It is not only an inspiring prayer, but also a great way to plant the 12 Seeds in your home or office.

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Download and post them on bulletin boards, refrigerators and elsewhere to help plant the seeds in the minds of people you care about.

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Download and post them on bulletin boards, refrigerators and elsewhere to help plant the seeds in the minds of people you care about.

This set of twelve 8.5 x 11 inch posters can be used in discussion groups or for home schools, VBS or Sunday School classes. Each poster contains the definition of one seed, plus the theme verse. The basic concept for each seed is displayed, plus each poster also has two additional Bible verses per seed. For more emphasis, copy the posters onto brightly colored paper. This would be a fine tool for verse memorization or to hand out in discussion or small study groups. ​

This colorful series of 12 posters features some of our favorite places along the North Shore of Lake Superior. These attractive posters each highlight one of the 12 Seeds. They can brighten any space while helping you focus on the seeds.

​Print them on 8.5 x 11 paper.

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This prayer, found on page 123 of the 12 Seeds book, includes all 12 Biblical principles for healthy relationships. It is not only an inspiring prayer, but also a great way to plant the 12 Seeds in your home or office.

● Grow teamwork and productivity in your organization.
● Provide a positive work and family culture.
​● Build goodwill and enrich life at work, at home and in the community.
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​ Bookmark comes 6-up on 8.5″ x 11″ paper.

This training tool is a handy summary of the
12 Seeds, their key definitions, along with a Bible verse reference for each seed.

Use as you study the 12 Seeds book or the Journal-Workbook. Makes a nice gift for friends. Bookmark comes 4-up on 8.5 x 11 paper. Cut to yield 2.75″ wide.

This series of three bookmarks reminds people of the Powerful Growth Formula based upon Colossians 3:12-14. It goes deeper into the definitions of each personal virtue that helps relationships grow. Pick your favorite to use as you study the Bible, the 12 Seeds book, or the 12 Seeds Journal-Workbook. Share them with family and friends. The downloadable bookmarks come 3-up on 8.5″ x 11″ paper.
​Print and cut to your specifications.