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

Thank you Barbara S. Taylor 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%

56%

46%

78%

43%

53%

40%

62%

75%

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 often find myself helping others as I go about my day whether I know them or not. I also often think about people I know and figure out how I can minister to them by giving them my words of encouragement, my time, or something tangible to help them.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I find myself constantly open to learning new things and wanting to share in a creative or life-applicable way what I am learning whether it is spiritual or not. When I am around others and I have the opportunity to teach them something, i will.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
When I am in a group, I am willing to be of help from the smallest to the largest task if it will be of help to the situation. I have frequently helped relatives or friends with my time, energy, and resources when they had a need without expecting anything in return.

[H]eart

1. I enjoy guiding preschoolers and children into latching on to Biblical truths and falling in love with Jesus and God’s Word.

2. Whenever I have had the opportunity to work with, serve, and encourage mothers in their spiritual journey, it has brought me fulfillment.

3. When I have taught Bible Studies or Sunday School, I discovered that I enjoy the study of the Word and seeking how it applies to daily living.

Preschoolers, children, and moms of younger children have been my favored folks at church, yet I have worked with middle schoolers most of my working life.

Preschool Ministry, Discipleship, Music Ministry, Missions Ministry, Women’s Ministry

Marriage/family issues
Parenting
Educational

[A]bilities

Retired school teacher who now substitutes in county and city schools.

Administrated a Weekday Preschool Program in which I also taught kindergarten class some years. Assisted with the Registrar’s office in college doing all types of clerical jobs. Worked during the summers of college for the Board of education at doing various jobs related to the operations of my former high school. Taught piano lessons and kept teachers’ children to be able to stay home with my three children until they were all in school. Worked one year for a university doing a study on Headstart families and children.

I have been involved in the music ministry of churches in which I have been a member from playing the piano(now rusty on it), leading choirs, singing solos, being in an ensemble or praise team, and participating in choir.

various Lifeway Bible Studies, Sunday School curriculum, and VBS classes or music. These have been ages from preschool to senior adults.

my compassion for others.

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Team

50-50 Routine/Variety

Your Primary was ‘The Beaver’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Retriever’, 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

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 was raised in a Christian home. During a week long revival at my church when I was ten, I accepted Christ as my Savior and was baptized on Christmas Day of that year. As a teenager and college student, I began growing in Christ’s Lordship as I participated in Bible studies and personal quiet times with God.

As a preachers daughter, I served in my home church from the nursery, to playing the piano, to youth choir, to VBS, to teaching my own Church Training class whenever there was not a teacher.

During my years as a single woman, I was involved in a small church in which I now know I did more than I should have. I participated in teaching adults, singing solos and choir, working with GA’s, and on various committees.

As a ministry wife, I have served in many capacities over our 33 years in the eight places we have served. These involved multiple activities with varying ages in Music Ministry, VBS, Children’s Ministry, Preschool Ministry, Women’s Ministry, and Discipleship/Sunday School.

I watched my mother accept Christ as a pastor’s wife when I was in high school and be baptized by my father. As she grew in her relationship with Christ, she modeled being a Proverbs 31 woman in many ways for me with a quiet, humble spirit.

Seeing and hearing my father pray for us during his quiet times each morning and leading us in family devotions instilled in me a strong sense of the importance of prayer and quiet times with God as an individual and a family,

Growing up in a church with many military families coming and going which were warmly welcomed by my parents into our church and home caused me to be open to and accepting of the differences in others. Mom also instilled in me a love of books and learning that continues to affect me today.

Being single longer than I had planned makes me more sensitive to others’ struggle with this. Yet, it caused me to develop skills and independence I would need for the many times I have had to keep the home fires going when my husband is in the midst of ministry.

Struggles with acceptance and insecurity throughout my life have caused me to be sensitive to those who seem lonely or left out in a group or crowd. It has further allowed me to dwell on who God says I am and drawn me closer to Him as He is teaching me to be more of an encourager than a pessimist.

Having battled depression during one season of my life in which I needed professional help has led me to have more empathy and understanding for those who battle emotional issues.

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. I would seek multiple means by which to mentor women of various ages and life experiences in their growth in Christ.

4. I would go on multiple mission trips at home and abroad.

5. I would share what God has taught me and is teaching me through writing for and speaking to women.