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

Thank you Andrew Pelrman 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):

50%

71%

59%

81%

68%

56%

31%

65%

65%

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:
Generosity was always modeled by my parents. I have a laid back personality that has a somewhat easy time trusting God with our money/future. I have traveled a lot and seen how great we have it here, it is easy to give when we have so much.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I am confident in what I believe and spend a fair bit of time contemplating others objections to Christianity. I am a very open and honest person and am pretty ready to relate anything about my life if it will help someone else.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
In the past I worked with the homeless/addicted on a regular basis which really affected me. I also think that I am pretty sensitive and really feel others pain.

[H]eart

1. Meeting peoples needs (emotionally, spiritually or physically).

2. Working with those from other cultures and specifically helping them with physical needs.

3.

People from other cultures. Children.

I have a passion for outreach ministries, but I most care about being useful and being able to have an impact.

Homelessness
Poverty/hunger
Other – Reaching the lost

[A]bilities

Analytic Manager

Lab tech, construction, research analyst

Creativity and Passion

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

High Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

Leader

Variety

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 grew up in a strong Christian home and accepted Christ at a young age.

Street -E : Served homeless and addicted youth in Vancouver, B.C. 2001-2005

Centennial Covenant Church – Childrens 2009-2011, Belleview Community 2012-2015, the Rock 2017-present.

Englewood Bible church – Served on Mission Board 2007-2008
Belleview/Rock Elder board 2014-present

The adoption of our daughter. The process was horrible and long and taught us a ton about trusting God and our own selfishness. Then the process of attaching has been challenging which has shown our absolute need of Christ. Through all of the difficulty it is a miracle that she is here and she is a constant reminder of God’s grace and goodness.

My marriage. Sarah and I found each other at a young age and our relationship has been as good as is possible. We grew into our faith together and she is a constant source of encouragement and support for me. We are very different in a number of ways and she is always supporting my weakness and challenging me.

God’s faithfulness in finances. When we were first starting our family we were so poor. We had no money so we would go on walks for entertainment and would on rare occasions split a Starbucks coffee. However, in that time we never really felt any needs. We always were provided for and were very happy. This really taught us how to live simply and enjoy the basic things in life and really shapes the way we live now that our finances are in a much better place.

I was at Columbine during the shooting. This was horribly difficult and I spent the next year struggling with suicidal thoughts. 20 years later I still do not know how this has changed who I am. I do think that it changed how I view everything in life as I had to face the reality of the shortness of life at a young age.

The death of Sarah’s father. He died shortly after we were married and Sarah was distraught for some time. This also derailed our life plans as we were headed off to work in Gautemala, but instead stayed back to care for her mom. I really had to learn how to care for others and to support them through difficult times.

Not a negative – My life is not at all what I had planned out. I have been redirected and derailed many times. Through this there has been one theme that God seems to be trying to teach me -“Love those in front of you in real ways, rather than loving those across the world with sentiment.”

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. See negative #3 – I cannot answer this. Every plan that I ever have is derailed and I need to learn to love where I am at. I do not even really trust the passions of my own heart as I seem to have a knack for loving in theory, but not reality. So if I had no road blocks I would love those around me well and not be so selfish. I know this seems like a cop out, but it really is where I am at right now.

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