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

Thank you Daniel Nostheide 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%

46%

28%

59%

43%

46%

28%

62%

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:
I have served in various ways in the church for more than 30 years.
1. Pre-School teacher
2. Choir
3. Sunday School Director
4. Deacon/Deacon Chairman
5. Elder
6. Various committees

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
My wife and I have always had a strong commitment to giving in support of the ministries of the church.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love children and have enjoyed teaching pre-school classes for many years. I strongly believe that learning Bible truths at a young age will help shape a persons life for the future. Planting the seeds and watching them grow.

[H]eart

1. Spending time with God in prayer and in His Word.

2. Being with my wife of 54+ years. Weather it is traveling, or shopping, or going to a movie, just staying home (during COVID). She is my best friend and my life.

3. My three children and their spouses.
And of course, our 7 wonderful grandchildren, four girls and three boys.

As I stated earlier, I have had a heart for working with preschoolers.
Recently, I have developed an interest for senior adults. Maybe because I am one.

Helps ministry. I just like to be of help where I can.

Homelessness
Poverty/hunger
Health/fitness

[A]bilities

Retired

I worked in the Information Technology field for almost 35 years. I worked as a computer programmer/analyst, Director of Data Processing, Project Manager and Program Manager.

In years past, coaching and teaching young ball players the fundamentals of baseball and pitching.

Project Management and Organization

Desire to help where needed.

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

Peace Maker

Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Routine

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

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 was 17 years old, an only child, and my parents had just divorced. I had been attending church part-time with some childhood friends. I was not real serious about a relationship with God. He had different plans.
During my senior year of high school I was in the marching band (played the Sousaphone) and met a girl who was in the Drill Team.
We started dating and she eventually invited me to go to church. I accepted but really didn’t know what to expect. She was Baptist and I was Presbyterian. One Sunday after church, while sitting in the car, she began talking to me about the Bible. She asked me if I knew John 3:16 and what it meant. I didn’t. From that point on, with God in control, I began to learn and understand His plan of salvation through Jesus Christ. At age 18, I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior.
Oh, that girl I met in high school … several years later we were married.

Centreville Baptist Church
Centreville, VA
Years Involved: 28
– Sunday School Director
– Deacon/ Deacon Chairman
– Elder
– Sunday School Teacher (Pre-school)
– Choir

Corinth Baptist Church
Elizabeth City, NC
Years Involved: 12
– Sunday School Class Secretary
-Visitation Team

Getting married to my wife.

Having three children who all know the Lord.

Having seven grandchildren who are being raised in Christian households.

My parents divorce when I was 16.

Disappointment of not being able to fulfill my lifelong dream career.

My oldest son was born with an eye defect that eventually led to his eye being removed and replaced with a prosthetic eye.

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. Go on a Mission Trip

4. In some way, help our country turn back to God.

5. Volunteer to help the needy.