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

Thank you Diane Heth Cotter 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):

31%

78%

65%

78%

65%

50%

40%

59%

53%

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:
Knowing how God loves me and actually sent His Son to us to bring His Words to our earthly lives, I feel drawn to share with others the truths He exhorted us to share. My soul is saved by Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection. I am alive because He wants me to bring the message to those who will listen. When I am faced with the opportunity to pour out to a listening soul the times of my life being saved by His Grace, I become a fount of words with no filter.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Having the gift of life, my every moment is a gift I want to share. My moments provide me with love for everyone I come into contact with, sharing times with others of being in His presence, making and sharing money, giving Him praise in the deep dark of the night.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
All the activities of others bring to me an unstoppable desire to acknowledge them in the moment. Whether it be a mother or father doing loving parenting or a person being gracious toward another, I love giving an appreciative nod or a quick, kind acknowledgment. When we are on the campus of Vintage, I see so many opportunities to live the blessing, I can barely get in the car for the next moments of the day! Our musical praise team sends me to the height of worship! I am overwhelmed with the love they pour into us! And, of course, ALL of our TEAM who teach us the Word, I have to contain/curb my enthusiasm!
The love I feel for all of mankind and the difficulties so many are experiencing give me pleasure, pause and humility. God gave us ALL of His creation for us to honor His Word through His Son~~~Love one another.

[H]eart

1. Time in worship with others!
Time with family!
Time in nature/outdoors!

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Truly, I find all ages fascinating, Having had the opportunity to have intimate contact with so many people throughout my career, I have been fully blessed to learn and share with all ages and all types! Really, each one of us is made in His image~~no types~~just each individual seen and known in the moment.

Childhood family experiences and the child’s Christian education.
Our public school education.
Young and middle age parents’ parenting/communication skills.

Marriage/family issues
Parenting
Policy/politics
Health/fitness
Other – I wanted to mark so many more!

[A]bilities

Wife~~8 months!
Hair stylist/salon owner~~ 42 years
Family Matriarch/Grandmother~~10 years

Banking/Mortgage
Management of convention center
Restaurant owner and operator of all aspects of restaurant work
Secretarial
Interior Design
and more!!

Communicating with others regarding family life skills
I get great pleasure from organizing space

Communicating~~I do need to take more time understanding that I have plenty of time to develop my thoughts, before I speak. Sometimes I come away and think of oh so many things I wanted to say and was too busy thinking the person was tired of listening! Valuable is the key word here! My deepest desire is to help make the world a better place to be~~lovelovelove

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

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 knew I was God’s child when I was very young~~three or so.
After many life experiences, I became truly born again at 23 years old. Some day I hope to sit down and write the book that could have the potential for helping young people find Christ and know the Love that saves.

First Congregational Church (now Peace United) 900 High Street Santa Cruz
1963-1995 or so.
Chancel Choir for 10 years
Children’s choir for about 3 years
Children’s Bible School summer camps
Large adult group activities organizer Parties and Celebrations

Giving birth to my 2 sons 1977 1980

Marrying Bruce Cotter June 22,2019

Knowing powerful people who follow Jesus and express the Word through their daily lives

The type of parenting I grew up with

The era I grew up in

The choices I made

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. Actually being able to sit down and write the book

4. Traveling

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