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

Thank you Emma “Celeste” McNeil-Okonkwo 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:

62%

78%

65%

59%

50%

65%

59%

68%

75%

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 ashamed of the gospel and it’s teachings and will readily speak out about them when asked or in conversation about biblical principles

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Teaching is what I do as a profession. It comes naturally to me in and outside of the classroom.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
It is a part of my life’s work. I serve on the regular with my sorority in the community, in my school, and at home with family and friends.

[H]eart

1. I love to read.

2. I adore having meaning conversations with people.

3. I love to cook and see people enjoy a good meal.

when teaching, high school age students, when not in the classroom like minded people or those who have questions and are seeking clarity on a given subject.

none at present that I can think of.

Poverty/hunger
Educational
Divorce

[A]bilities

Middle/High school English Teacher

cooking, organizing gatherings

school related issues
keystone/ Capstone projects for high school Seniors

when I see something is is wrong or not quite right I want to fix it whether it is a behavior, a way something is done, or a lack that needs to be fulfilled. I just like to help.

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

Leader

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

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

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 became a Christian when I was 13 years old. It just made sense to be a follower of Christ through the teachings I learned at that young age at Christian House of Prayer in Killeen Tx.

At our church ushering.

Attending Prairie View A&M University taught me how to problem solve and be resourceful.

Being an army brat taught me to embrace change and value everyone’s differences and that it is those differences that make us grow as a people.

Becoming a mother has taught me to be a little more patient and has really made me a lot more “soft” things that wouldn’t bother me before make me reflective and more empathetic.

my high school counselor telling me my grades were not good enough to go to college (not true) and that I should just do hair because i’m good at it. (true) but it was said out of apathy, ignorance and racist ideology. Her words moved me to prove her wrong by doing all the work myself to submit my application to college.

feeling like I married the wrong person is making me really look at myself and make decisions bout my future.

My mother not being in my life, which hurt at first, was a blessing in disguise because who knows how I would have turned out had I lived with her instead of my father raising me.

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. I would focus on solving hunger and lack of resources in African countries and help to cultivate change on our mother continent.

4. reshape our educational system so that our youth would learn holistically about the world around them and how to learn from one another instead of tearing each other down. This would be done from elementary to high school to make our students educationally lifted, socially conscious, and emotionally supported.

5. helping people find a mate and keep their partner.