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

Thank you Bob Zik 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):

78%

65%

53%

90%

81%

50%

53%

81%

62%

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:
God has blessed me beyond anything I expected. I have a heart to share what God has given me.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I feel for people who are hurting. Particularly people through no fault of their owe are having difficult times. I had to deal with people on the job, up hollows while working for the coal companies that are unbelievable in this day and age.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
It takes people to make an organization (church) to function properly. The church needs people to serve. I have been in management for of coal companies for 46 years. I understand goals, change, and acceptance by people in order to have successful outcomes. It takes people who are willing to follow with enthusiasm for Jesus to make a church successful.

[H]eart

1. I am a goal oriented person. This particularly involves projects or scenarios where something can be accomplished and brought to closure. Always looking for ways to improve, do better, faster, and a at less cost, but will also last long periods of time.

2. Spending time with people getting to know them and have fun together. Playing games.

3. Hiking, go different place, seeing different things, finding our how things work. Having people over and having meals together.

Anyone who is willing to work and accomplish tasks. Took youth on trips to Mexico to build houses. Also did a number of mission trips with the youth through mission-fudge years back. I am in good health and physically able to do most tasks, sports, and work other than high impact. Work with all age groups.

Mission trips, Planning Ministries, Building, Projects, Finding things for people in need, Helping people in need, Transporting people in need, Moving people

Homelessness
Poverty/hunger
Financial stewardship
Other – Mission trips

[A]bilities

Retired. I spent 46 years in management in various capacities in the coal industry.
I now spend a lot of time working at my kids’s homes, babysitting the grand children, and working on the churches my 3 sons pastor. Helping out at my sons churches as needed.

I am a graduate engineer and post graduate degree in business. My specialty is mining and civil engineering and management. I have 46 years after college in the coal industry performing most tasks in the industry.

Nothing real special, but I do most the projects at our home and and my 5 children’s homes and my 3 sons churches. Decent carpenter, plumber, and electrician. Try anything that needs to be done or accomplished.

I have taught classes at our operations on budgeting, management, safety, and supervision. I have also taught Sunday school for the handicapped for 5 years and youth about 20 years.

Honesty, trustworthy, loyal, positive attitude, not afraid to tackle difficult situations.

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

High Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Team

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

Raise Catholic. As Catholic, works was the thing. Met my wife who was a christian. Attended Christian churches regularly, but not totally involved. Our 3rd child came as triplets very early during pregnancy. They were born about 28 weeks with complications. The healthiest died due to doctor error and the other 2 were critical. It was either turn to God or away from him. I (we) chose God. After 6 months we finally got to go home as a family. God was only testing us. Then company I was working was in financial issues had to find a new job and we had to move too Corbin. Then another pregnancy, more complications upon delivery followed by a house fire, and financial crisis from medical bills. We survived and God blessed us beyond reason. God further told us to financially support a family adoption for a couple who was unable to have children which was insane from a practical and logical perspective. So we use the minimal college fund we had and let God handle the situation. He blessed us beyond reason and we were able to get our 5 children through college debt free. He has continued to bless us both financially and health wise.

First Christian Church; Paintsville, KY. Taught Sunday school for the youth and worked with the youth. Took them on retreats and trips.

First Christian Church; Corbin, KY. Taught Youth Sunday School and too the youth to concerts, outing, and trips.

Central Baptist Church; Corbin, KY. Worked with the special needs (handicapped) Sunday School Class for 4 years. Picked up some of the group from Corbin Manor and brought them to church and Sunday school. Taught high school youth for about 20 years. Went on most mission trips and outings with the youth. had numerous events our house over the years. Drove the church bus to most events. Also headed up the Noahs’s Ark Party (Halloween Alternative) at Central Baptist church for about 17 years. Also served on numerous committees and chaired the finance and long range planning committee. Was a deacon and chair of the deacons for a least one term.

Death of one of our children due a doctors error and the mircles in the survival of the other two (triplets).

How God responded from obeying Him when we gave money to allow a couple to adopt a child. Made no logical out practical sense at the time, but God blessed us beyond anything ever expected.

The call to the ministry for 3 of our sons. The first was totally unexpected. I was unable to go on this particular youth mission trip due to my parents 50th wedding anniversary. Will and Josh flew to the location of the wedding anniversary and didn’t even tell us Will was called to the ministry. We heard from other youth on the mission trip and we went over all the people anticipated. We were floored Will was called to the ministry as it was totally unexpected. God works in mysterious ways. James and Russell were anticipated.

Death of our son. It was very difficult. I prayed and God answer in the opposite of what I prayed. It was very difficult having to be at the hospital by myself watching my son die being unable to do anything except pray. It was a long 8 to 10 hours. There were positives as stated above.

Central Baptist Church Split. Saw Christians at their worst on both sides. Saw the Pastor use my son to obtain information that was suppose to be confidential. He used the information to get back at individuals in the church. The individuals came through fine, repented, and apologized to my son. The pastor never did. My eldest son now does not believe in God. We continue to pray. As I said the other individuals have apologized to my son.

The way members of a church refused other churches and civic organizations use items the church owed that would have been beneficial for thier events and growth. Showed selfishness. We not in competition for numbers, but for winning lost souls.

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. Mission Trips

4. Helping those in need

5. Establishing a mission ministry that all church members could participate.