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

Thank you Craig Beyer 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):

Administration

34%

Evangelism

25%

Exhortation/Encouragement

37%

Giving

62%

Mercy Showing

46%

Prophecy

21%

Pastoring/Shepherding

34%

Serving

46%

Teaching

31%

To see descriptions on the Spiritual Gifts and how you can use them to further Christ’s Kingdom on earth, visit this link.

#1 Gift, Giving (62%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have the opportunity to be able to give sometimes

#2 Gift, Mercy Showing (46%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have a heart for people

#3 Gift, Serving (46%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I’m willing to serve others in need

[H]eart

Three things I love to do that bring joy and fulfillment in my life:

1. To work

2. I like to worship

3. I like to be around and have deep conversations with my family

Who I love to work with most, and the age or type of people:

I work a lot by myself in my occupation. My son is working along side of me, so I’m at my age trying to equip him for when he takes over the farm. We work with about every age group from 20 years up.

Church issues, ministries, or possible needs that excite or concern me the most:

I’ve gone through a church split before so that’s on my mine. Trying to fit the church with the people they are working with.

*Mark the Top 3 from the list, that Trigger a Passion in You

Abortion/sanctity of Life
Marriage/family issues
Parenting
Policy/politics

[A]bilities

My current vocation:

Farmer

Other jobs I have experience in:

Being a farmer I can do a lot of things. Maybe not as well as some can, but i get bored not doing something

Special talents/skills that I have:

I have a strong work ethic and I made sure are children have that to

I have taught a class or seminar on:

I feel my most valuable personal asset is:

Listening and trying to help people

[P]ersonality

The personality traits that best fit me are:

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Variety

1. 3 Likes Control	1 Enthusiastic	2 Sensitive	4 Reserved
2. 3 Firm	1 Energetic	2 Non-Demanding	4 Practical
3. 3 Likes Challenge	2 Promoter	1 Enjoys Routine	4 Factual
4. 2 Problem Solver	3 Mixes Easily	1 Relational	4 Perfectionistic
5. 1 Bold	4 Fun-Loving	3 Thoughtful	2 Detailed
6. 4 Goal Driven	3 Optimistic	1 Patient	2 Inquisitive
7. 1 Strong Willed	2 Motivator	4 Good Listener	3 Accurate
8. 3 Takes Charge	2 Very Verbal	4 Loyal	1 Predictable
9. 3 Determined	2 Popular	1 Dislikes Change	4 Orderly
10. 4 Competitive	2 Group Oriented	3 Sympathetic	1 Analytical
11. 2 Purposeful	1 Inspirational	3 Nurturing	4 Precise
12. 1 Action Oriented	2 Likes Change	3 Peace Maker	4 Scheduled
30 Total	25 Total	28 Total	37 Total

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

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

My brief testimony of how I became a Christian

In 1972 at Expo 72 when I was a teenager I gave my life to the Lord. It was a week of bible teaching in Dallas Texas at the Cotten Bowl and Billy Graham was there

Ministry Experience (Where I have served in the past, if applicable, including ChurchName, City/State, Position, Years Involved):

Vineyard church Mn. Was on the board of decision making for 3 years
Was a usher when needed.
Help with the babies with my wife
Was on the worship team for while

List 3 Positive experiences from the past that made a big impact on who you are today:

Wife and I built a 14 unit assisted living facility that we had for 29 years in a town close to where we lived. Met a lot of needs of families for there loved ones. It’s an experience we will never forget

Pastor and wife who nurtured us for twenty years as we were going through raising our family and still to this day are a part of our lives. Let us become who we are today

Having a dad and mom who loved the Lord and prayed for us all the time just like we are doing for our kids and grand kids now

List 3 Negative Experiences from your past that have helped to Shape me, but also have given you great compassion for others going through similar circumstances:

We went through a church breakup that was real tough.

Had a son that got divorced and had a grandson that lived on the east coast that we don’t get to see liked we would have liked to. Watching God work through that situation and how He has been faithful to our son through it all.

Had a sister 4 years older than me battle colon cancer for five years and watching her kids bringing there kids up in the Lord. What a blessing she was and her husband

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 be able to bring happiness and joy to the elderly in there last years

4. Make sure each one of my children and grandchildren except Christ as there Lord and Savior. That is my legacy I want to leave my family.

5. Teaching parents how to parents to there kids. There are to many out there that haven’t had the example to know how to bring up a child. The church needs to teach them. Show them how to love them