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

Thank you Alexandria Powe 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):

43%

59%

46%

37%

43%

34%

28%

43%

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 am able to speak to others about my experience with God because I know him for myself. I am relatable to others because I am not a perfect Christian yet I still believe God’s grace has allowed me to experience Him and be a witness to others.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I try to encourage others to seek the face, knowledge and wisdom of God despite the fact that we’ve made terrible mistakes. I believe that there is nothing too shameful that God cannot forgive. We just have to know to seek God and asks for his forgiveness.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I think that I am able to explain scripture such that its digestible and relatable to non believers.

[H]eart

1. Travel & new experiences

2. Self care and beauty

3. Family

Young women ages 14 to 18

Women’s ministry and the young adults ministry

Homelessness
Drug abuse/recovery
Alcoholism
Educational
Policy/politics
Health/fitness

[A]bilities

Attorney

I have a passion for affordable housing and tackling homelessness

I’m a great writer, organizer, and critical thinker

N/A

I am dependable and reliable

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

Leader

Solo

Routine

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

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

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

[E]xperience

I grew up going to church with my grandmother. One Sunday morning when I was 16, I heard a voice call my name. I thought it was my grandmother until I heard it a second time. It was a voice that I known my entire life so much that I thought it was grandmother. After hearing the voice call my name a second time I decided to give my life to Christ.

I’ve served in a volunteer capacity for the Women’s Ministry at Kingdom Fellowship

I went to a Catholic Highschool and during this time I had the opportunity to attend a spiritual retreat my senior year. I was able to silence the noise and really reflect on my relationship with God. I was also able to learn about the young women who were classmates – I learned that each person has a story. I also learned that we have to show compassion to others because we do not know what internal battles people are fighting.

My mother has always inspired me to work hard and accomplish my goals. She has also required excellence from me and she gives me the fuel to go after my dreams.

My grandmothers are both strong, spiritual women who have shaped me. I lean on them for spiritual guidance and support. They are both fearless matriarchs who have inspired me to love with compassion and strength.

My father was not thrilled about my birth. Although he always helped my mom financially, we have never had much of a relationship. However, I learned that I have Father in heaven who has loved before I was in my mother’s womb. He watches over me and protects me better than any earthly father could have.

In college, I worked under the leadership of a woman who challenged me in every way. She once said she did not like my personality. For some reason, there was something in me that she disliked. It hurt for a while until I realized that her issue with me had everything do with her and very little do with me. God does not make mistakes and I was created in his image.

I’ve always had trouble with standardized testing such that it created so much anxiety for me. Just the thought of having to take a standardized test crippled me. Over the years, I learned to quiet my fears and anxiety with prayer. In 2015, I passed the Illinois Bar Exam on my first attempt.

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. My career as an attorney /entrepreneurship /write a novel

4. Exploration/Travel

5. Teaching and giving back to others