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

Thank you Amy Lemke 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:

53%

21%

56%

25%

15%

68%

31%

40%

71%

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 enjoy learning and finding creative ways to explain things to others. I enjoy connecting ideas together and exploring the complexity of the world. I enjoy presenting ideas to an audience, and I feel that I am able to speak clearly and effectively.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I enjoy thinking about how different events and ideas connect and their implications for the future. I want to help people to understand the broad picture of how things connect and make changes as needed.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I like to help motivate people to live better. I am less inclined towards encouraging a person just to make them feel better. If they need to hear a hard truth, I want to be the one to give it to them. But, I also try to look for unique ways to encourage people as much as I can. I try to avoid platitudes.

[H]eart

1. Presenting and teaching the projects that I work on at university.

2. Finding creative ways to represent new ideas or to motivate people to see the world in new ways. Using the arts to bring people together in community.

3. Thinking about the reasons behind why we do certain things from a broad perspective then paying attention to the details of what we do and making sure they align with the bigger vision.

Adults. I also have a lot of experience working with kids which I also enjoy.

Service design, creative planning, spiritual development, research, and teaching & mentorship.

Spiritual laziness
Disabilities
Other – Young people who rush into romantic relationships (perhaps this would relate to marriage counselling)

[A]bilities

Student/Environments Associate

Voice teacher, nanny, receptionist, research assistant, day camp director

Singing, research & writing, technical skills, artistic direction

Voice & Spirituality, Psychosomatic Christian Spirituality, singing

Teaching ability & passion

[P]ersonality

Reserved

Low Risk

Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

Leader

Solo

Variety

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

Lion- This personality likes to lead. The lion is good at making decisions and is very goal-oriented. They enjoy challenges, difficult assignments, and opportunity for advancement. Because lions are thinking of the goal, they can step on people to reach it. Lions can be very aggressive and competitive. Lions must learn not to be too bossy or to take charge in other’s affairs.

Strength: Goal-oriented, strong, direct
Weakness: Argumentative, too dictatorial
Limitation: Doesn’t understand that directness can hurt others, hard time expressing grace

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

I grew up in a Christian home and attended Christian private schools for most of my educational career. I’ve been committed to faith in Christ for most of my life but I have also struggled to connect with God in a more relational way, so that commitment has also posed a challenge. However, I have grown to know God in an increasingly personal and experiential way over the past couple of years through the support of some key mentors and some trying life circumstances.

Sherwood Park Alliance Church — children’s ministry summer program director (5 years)

Ambrose University — small group leader, assistant residence leader, chapel worship team leader (4 years)

First Alliance Church — children’s ministry summer program director (2 months), children’s ministry worker (1 summer), occasional worship team singer

Presenting at the Ambrose Research Conference for five consecutive years and graduating with my degree in Music & Christian Studies

Spending a significant amount of time in counselling to deal with my break up and grow into a stronger sense of self

Travelling to England after graduating high school and studying art history for two semesters at the UofA

Calling off my wedding last year and breaking up with my fiance

Challenging my dad about the ways he has been neglectful or hurtful to our family

Struggling with loneliness and depression while I was at Capernwray

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 a healthy, strong, and passionate individual

4. To be a scholar that serves the church and helps to develop spiritual and artistic renewal

5. To be in a fulfilling marriage