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

Thank you George 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):

46%

50%

53%

65%

59%

50%

46%

68%

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 am not an extrovert, but enjoy helping people.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Todd has been gracious and supplied my needs and I would like to return what I can to help bless others.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
God has been very merciful towards me, and I would like to show mercy to others as well. At this point, I am not a very bold person, but I care about others.

[H]eart

1. I love to be outdoors, which includes hiking, walking biking, paddling skiing.

2. I love to spend time in my garden. I love watching the miracle plants emerge from the soil grow and change produce flowers and food. I love trees, and the life that comes from them.

3. I love helping and caring for my wife and others in my life circle.

For my job, I worked with children and their parents for 40 years. For my personal life, I enjoy working with my kids and grandkids. Socially, I enjoy working with people my own age.

Abortion/sanctity of Life
Parenting
Health/fitness

[A]bilities

Retired but I was a physician for 40 years.

Numerous other jobs, including automobile, maintenance, groundskeeping, dormitory, supervisor, teaching, bagging, groceries, commercial, laundry, autopsy, assistant, construction fabrication.

Health and fitness related areas.
Simple bicycle maintenance.
Gardening.

First aid, healthful living,
Advances in Pediatrics.

Stubbornness

[P]ersonality

Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

Peace Maker

Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

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

[E]xperience

I grew up in a Christian home with a Christian mother and attended Christian schools have always attended church and have had many experiences to connect with Christ on a personal level. I have spent a couple brief periods abroad as a missionary, and have helped in church in various capacities often on throughout my life. I think I have always been a Christian and do not have a moment of conversion that I can put my finger on.

I was involved with Pathfinders in the Seventh-day Adventist church in several different churches in Arizona, California, and Idaho. This was in my 20s 30s and 40s.

I served as a deacon in the Seventh-day Adventist church in several locations, including Arizona, California and Sandpoint, Idaho during my 20s through 60s.

I had the privilege of spending a year in Korea during my college life, teaching English language and Bible classes. I think that year did more for me than the people I was working with.

There were many experiences during my medical career which showed me the power of Christ, in healing in both emergent and chronic situations.

I had the opportunity for Christian education in some of my grade school time, high school, college undergrad, and grad school time. This helped formulate who I am today.

I have lost some patients throughout my career that have strengthened my compassion for the hurting.

My two sons strayed into some bad lifestyle choices for a while, but then I was able to watch them rebuild their relationship with God and those around them.

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. Develop and implement a ministry of simple repairs, including fixing flat tires on bicycles for kids, who do not have resources to fix their bikes to be able to ride.

4. Create a place for kids to be able to safely spend time at during the winter especially to learn Christian based life skills and personal development.

5. Spend time doing missionary type of activity of some sort.