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

Thank you Barbara Lowery 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%

40%

40%

43%

40%

56%

31%

84%

93%

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 enjoy making ideas plain to others. I can make connections between everyday things and biblical concepts to help them understand God and the Word. I am excited about learning new things and passing them along to others.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I like doing things for others. I want to know that I am lightening another’s load. It gives me joy to do something that helps others to be relieved of a worry or task and freed up to do something they need or want to do.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I like to see things moving forward. If that means typing or filing or whatever, then I am happy to get it done to keep a project or mission moving.

[H]eart

1. I love reading/listening to good books.

2. I love when an idea comes together and I can pull several things together in a poem or writing that expresses a previously elusive idea.

3. I love being able to communicate an idea to another person and see that AHA moment.

I enjoy working with those who are equally excited about the goal. Usually women my age or older or a bit younger.

Small groups, community building activities. teaching biblical concepts and walking with others to implement the concepts

Marriage/family issues
Parenting
Spiritual laziness

[A]bilities

Currently not employed but last 14yrs in mortgage industry

Administrative positions; Marketing work

I have taught seminars on mortgage products and loan procedures

Ability to see connections between people and help them consider roles where they can plug in

[P]ersonality

Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

50-50 Follower/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 grew up going to church with my parents. I felt it was full of hypocrites and did not see any connection between what was preached and how people actually lived but I always wanted to experience what was described in the Bible. When I was 14 I decided to accept God as savior. I have spent my life since then trying to find and live the abundant life promised in the Bible.

I have participated in church choirs, ushers, nursery and children’s church when my kids were involved. I co-led a small group with my husband. I am part of the praise team; I act as director of the women’s ministry;

I currently serve on the welcome ministry as an attendant;

I take and distribute minutes for ministry team leader meetings

I had a job where I had to speak/teach in front of many people. I had never done it before and really enjoyed it

I went through a small group study with a few people that helped me process some past events and begin to walk in more truth

Family problems with marriage and children

Mother suffering from dementia.

job losses and financial frustrations

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. Work to create connection groups

4. Learn teaching techniques to better communicate concepts to members

5. Assist a pastor or teacher to develop lessons