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

Thank you Kiersten Traina 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):

40%

31%

59%

25%

50%

34%

6%

59%

21%

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 work alongside others and am not overly afraid ou awed by people not do l undervalue people.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
It is something that just happens. I don’t really think about it.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
To the underprivileged and underdogs. I struggle with people who I see as blind and unwilling to change.

[H]eart

1. Serving and fulfilling the needs that people have…especially before they have them.

2. Helping people who are in need.

3. Making people feel good.

People who like to work with those in need but who are able to find joy in in and not wallow in the broken. Any age person who is able to see the need and is willing to set aside how they feel about themselves to use their gifting and privilege for the person in need.

Social justice. Race.

Parenting
At-risk children
Other – Racial issues

[A]bilities

Restaurant, foster cave, kinship, adoption, mom, home schooling.

Administration, education, college adding, athletics, serving

See the needs of people that they haven’t said. Awareness of things that need to be done.

Transracial adoption. Trauma,

Caring for others.

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

High Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

Leader

Routine

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

I’ve been a Christian for as long as I can remember. However, it became real in studying Romans and the doctrines of Grace. I was challenged to read Job 38-42 and it was as if God was speaking directly to me.that was the turning point of it becoming more than just words on a page.

East Valley Bible Church – Tempe: Administrative Assistant

East Valley Bible church – Administrative Assistant

Redemption Church AZ – Director of Foster Care Kinship and Adoption

Moving to Nebraska for college.

Being introduced to the Doctrines of Grace while leading a Bible study on the book of Romans at the same time.

Adopting Nicolina.

Behavior management childhood with an incorrect fear of God -punishment and retribution over grace. “Because I said so.”

Dating people who professed Christianity but who’s actions were anything but.

Going through a church split where the pastor held great manipulative sway over everyone and spoke gospel-talk to justify and move people his way.

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 surrounded by people willing and actively engaged in racial issues from a Christian perspective and for it to be active on a larger level but to include doing life together.

4. To be involved in a church that tackles and engages in social justice issues with a gospel perspective.

5. To make Liberty make a safe, encouraging, developing place of work and place to visit.