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

Thank you Debbie Bakkerus 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:

84%

78%

75%

78%

75%

59%

56%

87%

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 always try to be mindful, respectful and treat others as I would like to be treated. Kindness goes a long way and it costs nothing! I am strongly aware of WWJD

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
My career experience has taught me the importance of sound practice & process and I feel I can contribute in this area towards ensuring the Church is around for future generations.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
My past life experiences are probably the reason for this strength, I have a lot to share and can definitely witness about Jesus being part of my life.

[H]eart

1. Spending time with my family

2. Gardening

3. Cooking & Baking

I have worked within the children & youth ministry. I have been the Children’s Church Superintendent, a youth leader and Guild Leader. Currently I work with the aged care sector and I find that I am enjoying making a difference to the lives of our older community.

Although I have no insight into the finances or running of the Church, I suspect that this is a challenging task. It is important to me that the Church is around for future generations and that we have the means to meet the changing environment surrounding us.
Attracting families and young adults to the Church excites me
I am a helper and always willing to pick up and help with projects. It is important to me that people see that Church is not only about Sunday services but a lifestyle.

Abortion/sanctity of Life
Parenting

[A]bilities

Enliven Service Manager

Accounting, Property/Facilities Management, Business Owner, Sunday School Teacher, Recruitment

Business analyst
Attention to Detail
Calm under pressure
People management

Sunday School
Change Management
IT / Software systems training

Ability to work with and manage people
My honesty

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

People Driven

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

I committed my life to the Lord at 13 at a High School Christian Camp. From the beginning of my walk with Jesus I wanted to give back and be part of my Christian family. I enjoy being a Christian, learning more, understanding the Word and I’m a firm believer in Walking the Talk rather than Talking the Talk.

Methodist Church Potchefstroom South Africa – Youth Leader, Sunday School teacher & Sunday School Superintendent – 25 years

While living in Auckland for the past 9 years I have never felt that I had found my forever Church, as a result I was not involved in any service

Marriage

Children

Immigrating to NZ

Loss of a child

Bad business experience due to circumstances out of my control

Blended family, I am a stepmother – this has been both a positive & negative experience

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. self sustainability – living a simple life

4. Missionary work

5. supporting older people & bringing families together to support one another