2021 PROGRAM January - August - The District Church

2021 PROGRAM
  January - August

OVERVIEW
THE CHALLENGE

To develop and empower men to become God Honoring, Christ centered, and
character driven men worth imitating. To be the kinds of sons of God, husbands to their
wives, fathers to the children, and men worth following that is both inspirational and
pleasing to God.

Two major components of Men of Honor we use to help orchestrate this are discipline
and accountability. It will require discipline to complete the assignments and there will
be public accountability for those assignments.

PURPOSE

The Men of Honor program is not an open men’s meeting but a strategic discipleship
process designed to build godly men as well as strong, dependable, and kingdom
minded leaders.

REQUIREMENTS

•   Be a consistent TDC attender
•   Be at least 18 years of age
•   Read assigned books in 8 months
•   Complete 8 writing assignments
•   Meet once a month for a leadership session with PB
•   Meet at least once a month with an accountability crew
•   Be an active volunteer on a Serve Team
    • Must be signed up to serve by ______, if not already on a Serve Team
•   Absence Policy If you will be missing any of the meetings, it will be necessary for
    you to contact Pastor Boyd to let him know. You are allowed to miss one meeting
    during the program.
•   Book Expense: $125.00 // In order to offset cost for reading materials and dinner
    banquet, MOH has a nominal upfront fee to cover resources. We shifted to the fee on
    the front end, because the monthly reminder to bring $10 was too complicated.

WEEKLY REQUIREMENTS

• Daily Devotion - See Reading Plan Doc
  • We’ll be walking through The Gospels, Acts and Pastoral Epistles during our
      devotional time. If you need help on how to read your bible daily here’s a simple
      method called SOAP which is in the Reading Plan.

• Exercise
  • Work out minimum of 3 days a week
  • Ask PB about Trinity Fitness and/or home workouts you can do

• Sundays
  • Worship Gathering: Be present at Sunday Gatherings
  • Serve Teams: Serve or sign up to serve weekly

• Accountability Group
  • Once a month you are required to meet with an accountability group from Men of
      Honor; the group is designed to serve and hold each other accountability in their
      homework and discipleship

MEETING DATES

All meetings are held at The District HQ on Tuesdays at 630PM unless noticed
otherwise

•   January 26th
•   February 23rd
•   March 30th
•   April 27th
•   May 25th
•   June 22nd
•   July - 26th
•   August 24th - Graduation Dinner

HOMEWORK

All your homework assignments will be due and turned in via email to
boyd@thedistrictchurch.com; no later than 48 hours before each month’s meeting.
Each Essay will be no less than 500 words.

JAN — Reflect on the life you lived so far, now ponder the rest of your life… write down
what legacy do you want to leave behind?

FEB — Write out a clear definition of the gospel. Write out three ways you can lean into
the gospel daily now

MARCH — Name someone whose marriage you admire and why and what do you
think it means to be a good husband of honor.

ARPIL — What is your greatest strength and weakness? What are three practical ways
you can improve on your strengths and find help in your weaknesses?

MAY — Name your greatest failure or mistake and what you learned from it.

JUNE — Name a leader you admire the most and why.

JULY — Write out plan of action on how you will course correct areas of your life that
lack discipline. i.e. managing money, family, daily devotions, work. Etc

AUGUST — What has been your number one take away from the MOH program and
what has MOH meant to you?

DEVOTIONAL READING GUIDE

•   JAN - FEB: Book of Acts
•   MARCH - APRIL: Matthew and Mark
•   MAY - JUNE : Luke and John
•   JULY - AUGUST : 1 Timothy; 2 Timothy; Titus

SOAP BIBLE READING METHOD
Budget 30 Minutes a day

• Start with Prayer (5 minutes) use a list you have prepared
• Read your Bible (10 minutes) – have a plan
• Journal using S.O.A.P. method (10 minutes)
  • S = Scripture: Write down a meaningful scripture from your reading
  • O = Observation: write 1-2 paragraph “Observation” about this passage
  • A = Application: Write a 1-2 paragraph of personal “Application” about this
    passage
  • P = Prayer: Confess sin, express gratitude, pray the scripture

• Notes
  • Make sure you use at least one page in your journal labeling each part of the entry
    with either an “S”, “O”, “A”, or “P” in the left margin.
  • Make sure to date and give you journal entry a title at the top of the page

READING LIST

•   JAN — The Gospel Centered Life
•   FEBRUARY — The Gospel Centered Life
•   MARCH — Spiritual Slavery to Spiritual Sonship
•   APRIL — Marriage by Tim Keller
•   MAY — The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader
•   JUNE — Seven Secrets of Effective Fathers
•   JULY — The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme
    Ownership to Lead and Win
•   AUGUST - No reading

HOW TO READ A BOOK

•   Establish a set time
•   Do it in solitude
•   Read in digestible increments
•   Use a highlighter and journal to take notes
•   Pray for the Holy Spirit to make your time meaningful
•   Write down 1 thing you can apply to each session you read

ACCOUNTABILITY QUESTIONS

At the first meeting, you’ll be assigned an accountability partner.
You’ll need to arrange a communication plan to keep up with your partner.

•   When was the last time you spent time with God in prayer and the Word?
•   What is one thing you have been encouraged/convicted by in God’s Word?
•   In what areas have you struggled with the most in the last month?
•   How have you been an encouragement to your wife and kids?
•   Have you been completely honest in all of your business?
•   Are you currently being faithful in your tithes and bills?
•   How has God used you to be a blessing or encouragement to others?
•   How have you applied the gospel to your life this past month?
•   Did you dread having to see me today?
•   Have you lied or been unfaithful to me in any of the questions above?