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:

Administration

56%

Evangelism

62%

Exhortation/Encouragement

84%

Giving

50%

Mercy Showing

93%

Prophecy

18%

Pastoring/Shepherding

43%

Serving

68%

Teaching

50%

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

#1 Gift, Mercy Showing (93%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I feel deeply for people who have done wrong, they don’t deserve it, but I know it is good.

#2 Gift, Exhortation/Encouragement (84%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
When you give, you feel better than when you receive.

#3 Gift, Serving (68%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
It feels like I am doing something good after all I have done wrong, I am helping the lord take back what he has lost and showing people what is right and good.

[H]eart

Three things I love to do that bring joy and fulfillment in my life:

1. I like helping the special needs kids, they encourage me to be a better person.

2. Going to homeless ministries in my city.

3. Doing anything to help serve the city in any possible way that I can.

Who I love to work with most, and the age or type of people:

I like working with disabled people, children, and teenagers.

Church issues, ministries, or possible needs that excite or concern me the most:

Disabilities that are being ignored.

*Mark the Top 3 from the list, that Trigger a Passion in You

Homelessness
Poverty/hunger
Disabilities

[A]bilities

My current vocation:

Violinist/Cartoonist/Special needs teacher

Other jobs I have experience in:

Biology teacher

Special talents/skills that I have:

Art, Music

I have taught a class or seminar on:

My life and they ways god has helped me.

I feel my most valuable personal asset is:

Music

[P]ersonality

The personality traits that best fit me are:

Reserved

High Risk

Peace Maker

Project Driven

Follower

Solo

Variety

1. 1 Likes Control	3 Enthusiastic	4 Sensitive	4 Reserved
2. 1 Firm	1 Energetic	4 Non-Demanding	1 Practical
3. 1 Likes Challenge	1 Promoter	1 Enjoys Routine	1 Factual
4. 4 Problem Solver	1 Mixes Easily	4 Relational	4 Perfectionistic
5. 1 Bold	4 Fun-Loving	4 Thoughtful	1 Detailed
6. 1 Goal Driven	1 Optimistic	4 Patient	1 Inquisitive
7. 1 Strong Willed	1 Motivator	4 Good Listener	1 Accurate
8. 1 Takes Charge	1 Very Verbal	4 Loyal	1 Predictable
9. 4 Determined	1 Popular	4 Dislikes Change	4 Orderly
10. 1 Competitive	1 Group Oriented	4 Sympathetic	1 Analytical
11. 1 Purposeful	4 Inspirational	4 Nurturing	1 Precise
12. 1 Action Oriented	1 Likes Change	4 Peace Maker	1 Scheduled
18 Total	20 Total	42 Total	21 Total

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

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

Beaver- Organized. Beavers think that there is a right way to do everything and they want to do it exactly that way. Beaver personalities are very creative. They desire to solve everything. Desire to take their time and do it right. Beavers do not like sudden changes. They need reassurance.

Strength: High standards, order, respect
Weakness: Unrealistic expectations of self & others, too perfect.
Limitation: Seeing the optimistic side of things, expressing flexibility

[E]xperience

My brief testimony of how I became a Christian

I used to be a drug addict and then a young lady came up to me one day and told me she needed help with starting a special needs group at her church, and of course I didn’t have a job, so I went with her and found that the kids helped me to stop drugs and they taught me about how Jesus died on the cross. After a year of working there, the lady who asked me to work there told me she wanted me to be the main teacher of the class at her church after she left. That is my job now.

Ministry Experience (Where I have served in the past, if applicable, including ChurchName, City/State, Position, Years Involved):

Arapaho Road

Garland, Texas

Special Needs teacher for 12 years

List 3 Positive experiences from the past that made a big impact on who you are today:

The Special needs kids at my church

The young lady who asked me to join her in making a special needs program at her church

College

List 3 Negative Experiences from your past that have helped to Shape me, but also have given you great compassion for others going through similar circumstances:

Being a drug addict

Having a disabled twin

Having a father who drank all the time and died of cancer when I was 13

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. Disabled children

4. People who are homeless

5. even