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

Thank you Ben Garcia 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:

59%

65%

71%

40%

34%

62%

62%

31%

81%

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 a capable and well-equipped administrator, but my heart doesn’t beat for it.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love having the opportunity to talk with people and communicate God’s story, and how my story factors into it.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
One of my top strengths is Individualization, so I love getting the chance to spend one-on-one time with people. In this time, I enjoy challenging and pushing people to new heights (if possible), as well as acknowledging them for their victories, big or small.

[H]eart

1. Creative Writing! (I love working on my novel(s))

2. Fellowship: spending time with my close friends, whether it be throwing a Football around or watching Netflix!

3. Intellectually-stimulating conversations. Getting the chance to explore unfamiliar topics and viewpoints is something I’ve always enjoyed.

I love working with creators; anyone with a vision, imagination, or bubbling creativity often capture my heart and brain.

Any venue that allows me to be creative.

Abuse/violence
Spiritual laziness
Educational

[A]bilities

Creative Writer (Author)

Information Desk Worker, Church Intern, Admissions- Campus Visit Ambassador

The ability to write well, both academically and creatively.

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

High Risk

Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

Leader

Variety

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

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

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 was raised the son of a Baptist Pastor and so spent much of my youth in the Church, but I really dedicated my life to Christ after having three of my friends pass away my senior year of highschool.

I spent two years as an Intern at Rivera First Baptist Church, Pico Rivera/CA.

My mother handing me a novel called The Lightning Thief when I was in elementary school.

Captaining my high school’s varsity soccer team for two years.

Having an English Teacher at my university take me under her wing and prioritizing my education.

My senior year of high school, three people I were friends with all passed away (for differing reasons) before they reached the age of 18. Because of this, I hold great compassion for those suffering from the loss of a loved one.

I dropped out of Honors English in high school after a terrible final exam score, which helps me relate to people who have to adjust to unforeseen trials on their walks.

I’ve had to learn to life with a sick and ailing mother, which has opened-up my eyes to people who work and life with the disabled.

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 love to write books that would challenge and inspire people–books that could impact people’s walks the same way C. S. Lewis did.

4. I would love to start a ministry or foundation reaching out to kids, focusing on improving their literacy and inspiring in them a love of learning.

5. Similarly to my previous goal, I’d love to provide a platform for creative believers to showcase their God-given talents and abilities, in order to display God’s glory to everyone with eyes to see and ears to hear.