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

Thank you Bonnie Brown 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):

65%

84%

81%

75%

71%

71%

78%

84%

87%

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 helping people learn and develop new skills.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I feel like it’s really important, but I’m not sure if it’s really my gift…

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
It feels amazing to help people!

[H]eart

1. Spending time with my kids

2. Sharing awesome food with others

3. Learning more about the Bible and how it relates to life

I love to work with people who are different from the “norm”. I also enjoy young adults or teens.

Any way of providing for the needs of people in the community is very interesting for me.

Abortion/sanctity of Life
Homelessness
Poverty/hunger

[A]bilities

Assistant Foodservice Manager at a Christian camp and conference center

Retail

Cooking

I occasionally teach food safety at work (ServSafe/SafeStaff).
I currently homeschool 1 teen who has extra learning needs.

I care about people.

[P]ersonality

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 in church off and on from the time I was very young, but I didn’t really become a Christian until I was a teen. Even then, I didn’t really live it. I knew God was real, and I had plenty of experiences with Him. But I was still feeling empty and trying to live life my way. I finally got serious about pursuing God after a failed suicide attempt in 2018. The day I came home from the hospital, God commanded me to “submit”, and I finally did.

Hearing God speak to me was an experience that changed me completely.

Being baptized was like my “never go back” moment. I am a new person, and I never want to go back to what I was before.

Going to work for a Christian organization has completely allowed me to change my life for the better. Being around more positive influences helped me to be more confident in my transition to a more Christian lifestyle.

Hearing church members (at a church associated with my employer) discussing the type of people they weren’t interested in bringing into their congregation made me think a lot deeper about how Jesus wants everyone. I would have fallen into the category of people they didn’t want at their church, but God still pursued me when I wasn’t worthy.

Being put in a psychiatric facility on a temporary hold was a horrible experience,
but it gave me more empathy and compassion for others than any other experience I can think of.

Having my first child, who was unexpected and arrived at a very inconvenient time in my life, gave me so much empathy for women who are in difficult situations like a crisis pregnancy.

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 be able to run a food pantry or hot food ministry for people in need.

4. I would like to be involved in some kind of outreach ministry.

5. I would love to be able to go on mission trips outside of the US.