S.H.A.P.E. Assessment Results

Thank you for taking the SHAPE Assessment. We encourage you to meet with a Church Leader that you respect, to go over your results, so that they can help you discover a place to serve in the church and/or community, and also to help you fine-tune your 5 Main Focuses/Priorities listed at the bottom of this email under the ‘Wrapping it up’ section. May God Bless You!

[S]piritual Gifts

Here is how your spiritual gifts scored (in alphabetical order):

62%

78%

81%

59%

59%

46%

50%

56%

46%

To see descriptions on the Spiritual Gifts and how you can use them to further Christ’s Kingdom on earth, visit this link.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I feel drawn to those that are hurting and feel that grace, mercy and hope are desperately needed in our society.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love spreading the word of God and professing my faith to others hoping it will spark something or plant a seed for them to want to know Christ more deeply.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I enjoy helping with projects by finding and delegating responsibilities to those that have unique gifts and talents that can benefit a cause.

[H]eart

1. Parenting my 4 children and raising them to be kingdom leaders and
Being a wife and continuing to work toward oneness with my spouse

2. I enjoy volunteering at my children’s school for various events and working at the learning center with the students from Concordia academy

3. Working with individuals that are struggling and helping them find hope and direction

I love to work with children and young adults

Children’s ministry through school and church is near and dear to my heart as I look for
Ways to keep kids engaged in an ever-challenging society

Marriage/family issues
Parenting
At-risk children

[A]bilities

Stay at home mom with an MSW

Program therapist – Immanuel Hospital
Camelot Care Centers – treatment foster parent training and certifying
Beneficial Behavioral Health- working with children with behavioral disorders and their parents on coping skills

I enjoy talking to people and seem to bring a comfort level that allows them to open up to me

Parenting skills, foster parenting for treatment foster children, Sunday school

Connecting with others

[P]ersonality

People Driven

Your Primary was ‘The Otter’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Retriever’, and here are the descriptions of your Personalities, and how they can be used for God

Otter- Otters are very social creature. Otter personalities love people. They enjoys being popular and influencing and motivating others. Otter can sometimes be hurt when people do not like them. Otter personalities usually have lots of friends, but not deep relationships. They love to goof-off. (They are notorious for messy rooms.) Otters like to hurry and finish jobs. (Jobs are not often done well.) The otter personality is like Tigger in Winnie The Pooh.

Strength: People person, open, positive
Weakness: Talks too much, too permissive
Limitation: Remembering past commitments, follow through with discipline

Golden Retriever- Good at making friends. Very loyal. Retriever personalities do not like big changes. They look for security. Can be very sensitive. Very caring. Has deep relationships, but usually only a couple of close friends. Wants to be loved by everyone. Looks for appreciation. Works best in a limited situation with a steady work pattern.

Strength: Accommodating, calm, affirming
Weakness: Indecisive, indifferent, unable to express emotional, too soft on other people
Limitation: Seeing the need to be more assertive, holding others accountable

[E]xperience

I was baptized as an infant in an LCMS congregation in October 1978. I have been an active member of an LCMS congregation my whole life.

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church/school
School Board Liason 2 yrs
PTL VP -1 year
Substitute Sunday school teacher

Immanuel Lutheran Church-
Bossier City, LA
preschool board member 1 yr
Substitute Sunday school teacher and bible class leader 2yrs

Graduating from Concordia Seward with Psychology degree and UNO with MSW

Becoming a wife and military spouse

Becoming a stay at home mom and raising our children

DUI in college taught me a lot about ending up in circumstamces you never intended or imagined

Losing a best friend over a relationship taught me about forgiveness

Being a military wife and the struggles we have endured due to the lifestyle has enabled me to experience hurts I could have never imagined and can use those experiences to help others through similar situations

Wrapping It Up

The Challenge: Based upon your S.H.A.P.E. Assessment above (the way God wired you), If you knew you couldn’t fail … and ‘lack of money, or time’ was not an obstacle… list your Top 3 Things you would ‘Focus’ your Life on, next to #1 Loving God & #2 Loving Your Neighbor (these would be your ‘3 God-Sized Dreams’ for your life)?

1. My Relationship with GOD

2. My Relationship with Others

• Putting Your Spouse First
• Your Kids Second
• Everyone Else After those

3. To be able to effectively use all of

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