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

Thank you Amy Quattlebaum 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):

71%

59%

65%

40%

62%

50%

59%

56%

53%

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 can organize, plan, share ideas, delegate, manage and execute actions needed for events, ministry goals, business development, etc.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I’m a teacher but a counselor at heart. My understanding nature makes people feel at ease and I can usually make someone who is down or discouraged feel better and have hope.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I do believe that people who have natural consequences for their actions but I also many believe people should get a second chance as well.

[H]eart

1. Help others believe in themselves and raise their confidence.

2. Inspiring others to be their best by following God’s word and building strong character such as integrity, compassion, honesty, etc.

3. Plan, prepare and help with events that bring people together in a joyful way and that help people feel included, inspired and happy.

I am pretty passionate about helping youth, kids and the elderly.

Youth programs; Church Events; Programs assisting the elderly; Programs to help the community; Greeting

Abortion/sanctity of Life
Parenting
Educational

[A]bilities

Middle School Math Teacher (5 years)

4th Grade Teacher (9 years); Accountant/Auditor (10 years)

Lots of patience; Inspiring young people; Nurturing; Smiles often; Good with logistical planning and event organization and management; Financial Statements knowledge and preparation;

Was a kids’ Sunday School teacher for awhile.

My personality.

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

Team

50-50 Routine/Variety

Your Primary was ‘The Retriever’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Otter’, 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

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

[E]xperience

Although I lived in several places growing up, I often visited and stayed with my grandmother who was a strong, Southern Baptist. I often went to church with her and during a Revival, I committed my life to Jesus and got baptized when I was 11 years old.

Tallulah Baptist Church – Tallulah, LA – Active member – 1989-2000

Lake Hills Church – (Non-denominational but Baptist roots) – Austin, TX – 2008-2015

Salisbury Presbyterian Church – Midlothian, VA – Kids Sunday School Teacher – 2016-2018

My Grandmother’s faith, lifestyle and inspiration

Being actively involved in the youth group at church all through high school.

Being a parent and wanting to be a good Christian role model for my children.

My childhood: My mom died when I was 2; Dad got remarried and then divorced when I was 9; Dad was an alcoholic/drug user, developed colon cancer and then committed suicide when I was 12; I lived in 19 places from birth until age 12 but then moved in with my grandmother and the rest of my youth was in a stable, Christian environment.

Moving to VA 5 years ago; We were so excited to move to Richmond from TX 5 1/2 years ago to be closer to in-laws but it’s been a very bumpy ride with challenges in husband’s job, finances, and trying to find where we fit in. This southern gal definitely felt out of place especially our first two years in Northern VA. The frequent starting over and lack of stability along with the guilt & worry of how it was effecting our kids became a huge impact on me mentally. There were a lot of low points where I felt hopeless and worthless but it all brought me that much closer to God and although we recently moved from Haymarket to Warrenton this past summer, we feel much better about where we are and our future here.

Being a teacher: As a teacher, I’ve come to know so many families and their varied personal struggles. Everybody really is fighting their own battle daily so it’s important to be kind and give people hope. When I can, I definitely talk about faith and the strength God gives us. As a public school teacher, I can’t usually discuss religion but outside of the public education building, I do.

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. Help create a dynamic youth program at PVC – Warrenton so more youth in the area can come to know Jesus and be around positive influences that will help them be the adults God created them to be.

4. My entire family will put God at their #1 priority (which would have a big impact on their individual health, our marriage, and finances)

5. To somehow be able to inspire many to have faith, hope and purpose.