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

Thank you Fiona Karu 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:

68%

56%

56%

71%

59%

43%

28%

53%

81%

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 enjoy this mostly on a one-on-one level with people who are already asking questions. But I do enjoy being able to explain biblical truths and encourage people to dive deeper into understanding the word, because I have training/education in this, it makes me feel useful to “use” my knowledge and skills- and also brings me joy to share those tools.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I am gifted at managing money which makes “giving” an easier and joyful task for me since it is set aside already. I do have to work on giving above and beyond, and need to continuously re-evaluate if I am giving “enough”.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I am naturally organized and strive for efficiency in all areas of my life, so I think this makes me naturally gifted at administrative tasks, although I wouldn’t say they are what give me the most fulfillment.

[H]eart

1. Managing our family finances.

2. Making people feel noticed/known. By encouraging a friend, family member, church leader, or a person struggling… by or meeting neighbours and making them feel valued by getting to know them on a personal level.

3. Striving for excellence. Whether that be through being the best wife I can be, being a strong contributing member of a group, or seeking a career where my skills will be directly helpful to others. When I do something with excellence it helps me feel purposeful.

Giants. Iron sharpens iron! I really enjoy being on the Leadership Team full of faith-giants who are bring me inspiration through their experience, faith, and good attitudes.

I am most excited about the future possibility of being able to offer psychotherapy/counselling services to individuals in the church, once I have completed my training. As stated previously, I feel very fulfilled by sharing practical tools (either Biblical interpretation tools, life/grief/coping skills, or a healthy combination). I see that there is a need for this in our church and I am very excited at the potential of being able to help in that area.

My biggest concern is not having a children’s ministry leader (meaning, someone who has chosen to do the role, not just the wonderful volunteers who are filling a need). I know the church is working on this area, which is great, because I think it is the responsibility of the church to have a strong children’s ministry presence in order for younger families to stay and become part of the church long term.

Marriage/family issues
Financial stewardship
Health/fitness

[A]bilities

On maternity leave! I have left the Disability Support Worker realm.

Hostess, Receptionist (and Lead Receptionist- in charge of all training), Church Leader (shared leadership style church), Public Relations, Metalsmith/Jewelry-Maker

Organizing anything. Finances, teams, lists, project plans.

N/A (only small group setting teachings)

Listening with care? Bringing a more positive, broader scope to dim perspectives?

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

Leader

Routine

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

Accepted Christ at age 5, at age 13 I had a strong Christian friend who let the Lord “lead” her life and I felt I didn’t have that same relationship- so I prayed, giving God Lordship over my life at that point.

Mosaic Church, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Intern (2 years), Co-Leader (1 year). Served across the board which whatever needed done, sending emails, recruiting volunteers, organizing worship evenings, taking part in church planning.

Buddie’s Bus (through International Christian College)(2 years). Glasgow, UK. Served on weekends from midnight-3am assisting people on the streets (homeless/clubbers/drunk/lost), giving them hot chocolate and a warm place to rest, giving out Gospel booklets, and making phone calls for pickups or medical care when necessary.

LIFE Church. Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
Greeters Team (5 years)
Go Team (2 years)
Leadership Team (1 year)

Serving alongside leaders at Mosaic, through some turbulent lifestyle years, and general years of maturing, the “quite-a-bit-older” leaders always talked to me from level ground. When I felt lost or confused, messed up, had questions, they always related FIRST (“we’ve been there”), not making themselves ever higher or mightier than me, and gave encouragement or instruction second, very humbly. It made me feel so confident that I wasn’t just a “screw up”, and inspired me to inspire others this way.

Before coming to Canada, I had a pretty difficult year, struggling with some moral issues. I met with a female pastor of my church for confession and prayer, and similar to the story above, I felt no shame (outside of the Godly conviction I already felt inside) in that safe place. I was greeted with an un-shockable ear to listen, and readiness to pray, forgive, and bless and encourage me to take hold of the woman God wanted me to be. It was an inspiring session. I feel this kind of humble-hearing, forgiveness, and encouragement to go forward with God is how Jesus wants us to meet others in their sin. He wants us to be the shining reminders of the new life that comes with forgiveness.

Forgiveness is a theme here. I made a bad decision to be in an unhealthy relationship after university, which my father did not approve of, yet after the impending ugly ending of that relationship my father never said “I told you so”, but instead, simply, “When do you want to come home? I’ll buy you a flight.” That sentence is forever burned into my memory as a reminder of the fierce love my father has for me, and the power or loving someone despite their bad decisions. I hope to one day be able to love my children this much. And I try to practice pushing down the pride of “needing to be right” by remembering this story, and how my father modelled God’s love for us.

My dad being let go from his long-time church he pastored at, by his best friends. My dad’s endurance over the following years of doing whatever it took to provide income, despite working jobs that weren’t his passion, to forgiving the friends that wronged him, to seeing where God has out him today (in his ideal place of ministry – missions pastor!) has helped encourage me in the way of trusting God’s plan long-term, and even when we can’t see the end.

Choosing to be in an unhealthy relationship, knowingly outside of God’s will, with a non-Christian. There were many small lessons here, but the main one being the undeniable truth that when we choose to live outside of God’s will, we are going to be hurt. Many of the small stories within this story have already helped me encourage other women when they are tempted by putting a foot outside of God’s will- that is won’t be worth it!

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

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