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

Thank you Barb Grabowski 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:

56%

75%

78%

81%

78%

84%

84%

62%

90%

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 love studying Christ’s word, and I feel a passion for sharing it with others for their edification, and growth.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I go out of my way to greet people, and make them feel welcome and boosted up. When people are in need of encouragement they often call on me for a word, and I use my knowledge of Christ’s promises to us to lift them up and give them hope.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
No matter who a person is, or what they have done I make myself available to them with an unconditional love and respect. When they are in need, I try to offer as much of me as I can to help them out, and remind them of Christ’s unfailing and redeeming love for them. I share scripture easily and often. I pray for them freely and openly. And I teach tbiblically, he best I know how.

[H]eart

1. Learning all I can about God’s will for me through Prayer, scripture study, reading encouraging literature, seminars, etc.

2. Serving others in different capacities. Helping those in need of someone to care about them , and doing it joyfully and with conviction.

3. Listening to, and singing Worship music. Praying in the Spirit.

People who need someone to love on them and make them feel welcome

Human Trafficking, addictions, care of the elderly, Teaching the Bible more fully to others, Small Groups,

Drug abuse/recovery
Spiritual laziness
Other – Human Trafficking

[A]bilities

Serving in connecting and forming people within our church

Greeting, church remodeling/repurposing, bible study leader, food truck distribution, children’s programs, clothing ministry, worship team, outreach programs, ministering to the broken within the community

Nursing, encouraging, teaching, speaking God’s truth, reaching out to new people,
Memorizing scripture for use in the edification of others, praying for others

Women’s studies, small groups, bible knowledge

Friendliness

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

High Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

People Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Variety

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

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 was a FAN of Jesus all my life, but never accepted him as my personal Savior. When I found myself alone in life, after years of raising a family, I gave my life to the one “constant” who was always there, and would never abandon me. That is when I started developing a personal relationship with Jesus. By the power of his Holy Spirit, and special disciples he has put in my life, my relationship with him has grown beyond all I ever imagined, Praise God!!

Harvest UMC
Warner Robins, Georgia

Greeter, children’s ministry, stage team, bulletin team, small group leader, W.I.N.

Approximately 8 years

Growing up in a family that encouraged compassion for others, and stepping outside yourself and serving others

Spending 23 years traveling the world during my husband’s Air Force career, and getting to meet and befriend people from every background. I was able to glean from every relationship, good and bad.

Meeting Pastor Patti Nemazie, and serving under her in such a grand capacity. She helps me believe that we CAN do all things through Christ who gives us strength.
Also to not get so discouraged when things don’t go as I plan. And to rely on the power of prayer, and Christ’s Holy and Living Spirit within me.

Having to watch Family Members struggle with addictions, and realizing that any one of us could be in that same situation at any given time.

Watching a friend struggle daily with her addiction to Crack Cocaine, and Sex Trafficking.

Being raised in a religion where I was never encouraged to open a bible and grow in its wisdom. It IS one of the greatest gifts ever given to us, and people are ignorant to its power of transformation and edification.

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. Leading people in growing into the best Follower of Jesus that could become

4. Opening up a Half Way House for women fleeing prostitution and drug addiction

5. Bringing God’s message of redemption across the globe