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

Thank you Don 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

40%

Evangelism

50%

Exhortation/Encouragement

78%

Giving

25%

Mercy Showing

59%

Prophecy

43%

Pastoring/Shepherding

68%

Serving

25%

Teaching

84%

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, Teaching (84%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love the experience of helping someone find truth about themselves, others, and God through speaking to them about a felt need. When i am teaching i have seen helpful insight form alongside spiritual encouragement and growth both in those to whom i am speaking and in my own life

#2 Gift, Exhortation/Encouragement (78%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love building people up in true ways, avoiding flattery, celebrating the design God has given them while helping them to see it more clearly. I am known as and often called an encourager.

#3 Gift, Pastoring/Shepherding (68%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
It is central to my core to come alongside those who are hurting and broken. I have seen god use me in redemptive and healing ways.

[H]eart

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

1. Mentoring young leaders.

2. Reversing the effects of shame

3. Sabbath living

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

Young leaders as well as those of any age struggling through their faith.

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

Worship arts. Teaching.

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

Parenting
Compulsive behavior
Other – Grief

[A]bilities

My current vocation:

Worship leader, mentor.

Other jobs I have experience in:

Creative director. Production director. Database manager. Private teacher.

Special talents/skills that I have:

Music compositing, production, and performance.

I have taught a class or seminar on:

Introduction to technology, higher leve design training in technology. practical music, leadership,

I feel my most valuable personal asset is:

Servant leadership.

[P]ersonality

The personality traits that best fit me are:

Extrovert

50-50 High/Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

Leader

Team

Variety

1. 1 Likes Control	3 Enthusiastic	4 Sensitive	2 Reserved
2. 1 Firm	3 Energetic	4 Non-Demanding	2 Practical
3. 4 Likes Challenge	3 Promoter	2 Enjoys Routine	1 Factual
4. 1 Problem Solver	2 Mixes Easily	4 Relational	3 Perfectionistic
5. 1 Bold	3 Fun-Loving	4 Thoughtful	2 Detailed
6. 1 Goal Driven	2 Optimistic	4 Patient	3 Inquisitive
7. 1 Strong Willed	3 Motivator	4 Good Listener	2 Accurate
8. 1 Takes Charge	3 Very Verbal	4 Loyal	2 Predictable
9. 2 Determined	4 Popular	3 Dislikes Change	1 Orderly
10. 1 Competitive	2 Group Oriented	4 Sympathetic	3 Analytical
11. 3 Purposeful	4 Inspirational	2 Nurturing	1 Precise
12. 2 Action Oriented	4 Likes Change	3 Peace Maker	1 Scheduled
18 Total	36 Total	42 Total	23 Total

Your Primary was ‘The Retriever’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Otter’, and here are the descriptions of your Personalities, and how they can be used for God

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

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

My brief testimony of how I became a Christian

Grew up going to church but in late high school early college really began a personal relationship with God.

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

Wakarusa UMC – volunteer music director

Grace UMC, Hartford City Indiana – music director and First Presbyterian, ball state campus. Children’s music director.

Community church of Waterford, Music volunteer and music director (staff)

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

Taylor University – Servant leadership and mentoring.

GCC – leadership development and excellence

Potter’s Inn- soul care and sabbath living.

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:

Relational and emotional neglect from my dad as a child.

Grief as a result of loss at an early age.

Shame from childhood events.

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. Mentoring and coaching

4. Bible teaching and music production

5. Grief counseling.