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

Thank you Bill Steimel 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):

56%

31%

46%

81%

53%

28%

21%

37%

56%

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 believe that giving is a loving way to help and show God’s glory to those in need. As in the scripture, when we feed the hungry or quench the thirst of those needing a drink or provide for the less fortunate that is the same as providing those things to Jesus. The number one commandment is to Love God above anything else and to love your neighbor as Jesus loved us. As a child I was somewhat oppressed and had very little; it has been my goal to see that others may not want in ways that I once did. Everyone needs a break, some more than others.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Leading people, projects and turning failing opportunities into a success is a motivating drive for me as a person. I feel that if I lead well and help others, then I can improve a situation hopefully Glorifying God’s name along the way. Organizing a plan and delegating responsibilities teaches others to possibly one day do the same. Every opportunity is a learning experience, and if you approach each situation with that mentality, everyone comes away a better person if they embrace those opportunities. Every person has a leader in them; some need help finding what their hidden leadership traits are and how they can use them.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
As it is with giving and with leading, teaching is a necessary component to accomplish those very tasks of giving and leading. Through demonstration, focus, and perseverance one learns, one adapts, and one grows; thus, success can be achieved. Is not giving and leading a method of teaching? When a person teaches someone to accomplish something, whatever it might be, both are rewarded separately. The person that taught is giving, leading, and successful, thus satisfying (or rewarding) what drives them. The person that is taught, gained knowledge, understanding and through some effort persevered, giving them a sense of accomplishment and success, hopefully along the way glorifying God’s name through love and teaching.

[H]eart

1. Help as many people as I can with the blessings and gifts that God has given me in my life.

2. Encourage those in need, strengthening their faith by demonstrating God’s glory through me as God sees fit. Nothing I can provide is possible without the presence and blessings from Him.

3. Seeing my children grow into adults making a positive impact on all people they come into contact with and knowing that God has a plan for them that goes way beyond what I was able to teach them.

Those in need, whoever and whatever age they are.

I love helping with the Hope Food Pantry, Helping Hands Ministry and whenever the church is in need of something out of the ordinary budget plans. I do enjoy the Joy in Haiti mission and sponsoring those beautiful young children so that they may get the education and spiritual lessons they so deserve.

Homelessness
Financial stewardship
Educational

[A]bilities

Executive in Information Technology

Construction, handyman, design, overall leadership.

I know a little bit about a lot of things. I’m quite soft-hearted.

Technology

Logical thinking and caring about people.

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

High Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

Leader

Team

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

I’ve always had a passion for Christ however I had fallen away, probably due to pride and self-value but experienced a season in my life that reminded me that I’m not in control and God put me back on course. That’s all I am willing to share.

N/A

My mother’s devotion to God and the unfortunate loss of her when I was only 25 years old. (I know it doesn’t seem to be a positive but her devotion was VERY positive)

Moving away from home at an early age to allow me to figure out who I was with little influence from my home life as a child.

The gift of my two beautiful children and the addition of two beautiful children from my second marriage. I love all four of them and they are the most precious gift I have ever been given.

Growing up struggling and oppressed.

The loss of my parents at a very young age.

Some poor choices when I was young.

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. Financially fund the building the Church in Haiti through our churches Joy in Haiti mission.

4. Retire from my job to focus on missions in the US and abroad to serve God’s people.

5. Help at least one person or family in need to fulfill their dream and to encourage them to pay it forward for God.