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

Thank you Charmyn Henderson 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:

62%

56%

87%

37%

50%

34%

34%

56%

71%

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 understand the importance of grace and 2nd chances.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I truly believe that people perish for the lack of knowledge and I want to change that when I can.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I like planning and working behind the scenes to make things happen. I believe in the power/effectiveness of a good team.

[H]eart

1. Talk/listen to people’s life stories

2. Plan and participate in social gatherings with close friends/family

3. Taking care of my family/friends

Anybody – I’m pretty indifferent to working with different types of people as long as they are open and working toward the same goal.

Single women, mental health needs for youth and families

Parenting
Abuse/violence
Other – Issues specific to Black women/ Black families

[A]bilities

Licensed mental health therapist

Education – high school and special education
Program/Grants Administration

Working with at-risk youth
Identifying symptoms of trauma
Domestic Violence (survivor and perpetrator)
Anger Management

My empathy

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

High Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

Leader

Team

Variety

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

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

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

[E]xperience

I got saved very young—6 years old. I was encouraged to go to Sunday School by some peers at school and was looking for another “school” environment because I liked and excelled in school. Got to Sunday School enjoyed the lessons and targeted in on the need for repentance and the sin nature. Felt the push during altar call and talked it over with some adults to make sure I understood what I was doing. Told everyone I believed Jesus died for my sins, rose again and was sitting at the right hand of God. Accepted Christ as my Savior and kept this bible verse in mind that was passed on to me when I decided for true…Phillipians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

Sunday School Teacher, Choir — church as a youth/young adult
Tamar Ministry – FBCG, early 2000’s

Graduations from high school, college, and graduate programs — all of my graduations came after much perseverance and a lot of obstacles

Changing careers — surrendering to God’s direction at a point when I felt like I could just keep faking it was a BIG deal

Getting skipped in elementary school/going away to college — two decisions that were made for me that changed my life for the better even though I was scared

History of sexual/physical/emotional abuse — it’s amazing how much clarity, insight and empathy come from overcoming difficult hurts

Difficult relationship with family — forgiveness means something very different for me now

Running from marriage due to fear of intimacy — not enough time or space to really explain this one but I have jokes for days and a sense of humor that helps the truth to go down a little easier

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. creating a residential school for foster care youth

4. Get married, buy a big house and adopt a bunch of kids

5. Help parents who are struggling with their children