Choose the team
Assign a lead facilitator, an adaptation/safety lead, a hospitality lead, and a follow-up lead. One person may fill more than one role in a small group.
Church & small-group edition
Lead the room.
Protect the person.
Everything needed to guide a twelve-week fitness discipleship journey with biblical reflection, adaptable movement, practical nourishment, honest conversation, and a clear return—without body shame, forced disclosure, or reckless intensity.
- 12
- weekly gatherings
- 75
- minute adaptable flow
- 0
- public weigh-ins
“The strongest room is the one where every person can begin with dignity.”
Start here
Prepare the culture
before the workout.
This leader center stores only your own preparation marks and private notes in this browser. Keep participant health details, attendance, contact information, and pastoral conversations in your church’s approved secure system—not on this public page.
Inspect the space
Clear walkways, secure rugs, confirm lighting and temperature, provide stable chairs, identify water and restrooms, and establish the emergency plan.
State the covenant
Participation is voluntary. No weigh-ins, diet policing, public health disclosure, touching without consent, ridicule, or comparison.
Invite wisely
Describe the program as adaptable general education. Tell participants to seek professional clearance when symptoms, conditions, pregnancy, injury, or treatment make that appropriate.
Leader readiness
Your private launch checklist
These marks stay on this device. Complete all six before gathering the group.
0 / 6
Begin with the space and safety plan.
The repeatable gathering
A rhythm people
can trust.
Keep the same basic flow so participants know what is coming. Shorten any block when the group needs more transition, rest, access support, or pastoral care.
- 10 minWelcome & check-in
Names, wins, needs, voluntary readiness check, and the day’s safety reminder.
- 10 minScripture & reflection
Read the week’s reference, offer the central truth, and use one open question.
- 30 minAdaptable movement
Warm up, practice the weekly patterns, offer visible options, and protect conversational effort.
- 15 minPractical workshop
Meal skill, recovery practice, home setup, accountability, or obstacle-solving.
- 10 minPrayer & next action
Each person chooses one attainable practice. Close without pressure to disclose.
Twelve-week curriculum
One room.
Twelve faithful returns.
0 of 12 gatherings led
Non-negotiable standards
Safety and dignity
belong together.
A faith-centered program should be unusually safe, honest, welcoming, and protective of the person. These standards apply to leaders, volunteers, participants, photographs, stories, and online communication.
Invitation, never coercion
Every movement is optional. Ask before touching, spotting, photographing, praying publicly about health, or sharing a story. “No” requires no explanation.
Show the options first
Demonstrate standing, supported, seated, and lower-range choices with equal respect. Keep a stable chair and rest space available.
Coach behavior, not bodies
Speak about control, energy, function, courage, sleep, service, and consistency. Never rank bodies or moralize body size, food, disability, or pace.
Collect the minimum
Do not discuss health details in the room. Use approved secure systems, restrict access, set retention rules, and never place participant data on this page.
Know when to refer
Leaders provide general education and group support—not diagnosis, rehabilitation, psychotherapy, individualized medical nutrition, or medication advice.
Stop and escalate
Chest pain or pressure, fainting, sudden weakness, severe unusual shortness of breath, confusion, or a serious fall require immediate response under the emergency plan.
Group tools
Print what helps.
Protect what is private.
The printable page intentionally avoids health fields, weight, measurements, and sensitive disclosures. Attendance itself can still be private; store completed paper according to your organization’s policy.
Session roster
A simple name/initial, voluntary check-in, next action, and follow-up column with no medical details.
Group covenant
A one-page agreement covering dignity, consent, confidentiality, adaptation, encouragement, and responsibility.
Free fitness library
Assign exact chapters for optional reading and let members keep their progress privately on their own devices.
Open 12 free manualsCarry the Calling · Session Roster
Group: ____________________ Week: ______ Date: __________ Leader: ____________________
| Name or approved identifier | Present | My next action (optional) | Private follow-up requested? |
|---|
Do not record diagnoses, weight, measurements, medications, injuries, pastoral disclosures, or emergency details on this sheet.
Carry the Calling · Group Covenant
- We honor every person’s dignity, pace, body, ability, privacy, and right to decline.
- We coach consistency, function, courage, recovery, and service—not appearance or comparison.
- We ask before touching, spotting, photographing, sharing, or discussing someone else’s story.
- We protect confidentiality while understanding that leaders must act when safety or safeguarding duties require it.
- We use adaptations without apology and stop when symptoms or conditions make continued activity unsafe.
- We offer encouragement without food policing, public weigh-ins, shame, ridicule, or forced disclosure.
- We take responsibility for seeking qualified care and following our own professional medical guidance.
- When we miss, we return at the next safe opening.
Group: ____________________ Start date: __________ Lead facilitator: ____________________
The complete free leader kit
Take the plan
into the room.
Download the full church and small-group edition for offline preparation, printing, pastoral review, and volunteer training. Both editions contain the same complete curriculum.