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

Thank you Helen Cotton 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%

93%

90%

87%

96%

84%

78%

93%

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 have always been able to put myself in the other person’s shoes and feel for them instead of Judge or condemn them. God gave us the ability of free will, so we do not always make the best decisions and I feel everyone deserves a second chance. It is not my place to condemn anyone, but to forgive and try to help them.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love telling people about God and what I feel He has done in my life. I want others to see my love of God and want them to want to experience the same.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love to help in any area that I can. I enjoy being a part of something seeing the results.

[H]eart

1. Church bring me joy and fulfills my desire to learn and be a better servant and Christian

2. Helping someone else in their time of need.

3. Spending time with my family

I love to work with anyone that is struggling with life and show them that’s God does love them and will forgive them. That they are never alone.
I also love working with children and seeing them grow and learn. It is so amazing.

This would be my concern of myself. I’m not a very outgoing person and often feel shy or like I don’t fit in; therefore, I know that I miss out on wonderful opportunities to grow and be involved with my church family. The same with my husband.

Homelessness
Drug abuse/recovery
Alcoholism
Marriage/family issues
Parenting
At-risk children

[A]bilities

Manager/cashier

Clerical and retail

Computers, typing, dependable and always give 100%

My compassion

[P]ersonality

Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Team

Variety

Your Primary was ‘The Retriever’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Lion’, 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

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 was born into a Christian Family and raised in church. I was saved at baptized at the age of 10

Union Avenue helped with Bible School 1997-1999
Taught preschool Sunday School at Memorial Baptist Church 2003-2006

Growing up in church.

Rehab.

Reading my entire Bible and actually understand it.

Death of my father at a very young age.

Addiction to alcohol.

Prison, pain of missing out on life events that I will never get back. Wanting the pain to go away so desperately that I understood why people want to cause their self physical pain to try to not feel the emotional pain. Contemplating suicide to the point of knowing how desperate a person must feel to get that low in their life.

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. To become a Christian Addiction Counselor

4. To go on a missionary trip and make a difference in someone’s life.

5. To have the skills:ability to convince everyone that they are loved and that they are never alone.