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

Thank you Joel French 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:

78%

25%

53%

65%

28%

68%

53%

25%

96%

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 love to help people understand how life-giving it is to grow in knowing God through spending time with Him in His Word!

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I find joy in helping lead and organize people so that together we can better serve God and grow in Christ.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have a passion for speaking forth God’s Word in a way that challenges people toward wholehearted devotion to Him!

[H]eart

1. Share the joy of worshipping God with wholehearted devotion

2. Teach people the life-giving truth of God’s Word

3. Encourage people through opportunities to lead and mentor them

People of all ages who are hungry to grow closer to God

Leadership, teaching, music (praise music and songwriting), mentoring

Marriage/family issues
Spiritual laziness
Educational

[A]bilities

Pastor of small church family

Worship Music Director, Youth and Children’s Ministry, Custodial and Yardwork

Piano, guitar, vocal/musicianship, academic, Bible study, mentoring, leadership

LIFE Church Family 101 (Membership Class), Worship Music, Teaching series in church family and small groups

My passion to encourage people toward worshipping God wholeheartedly in each area of their lives!

[P]ersonality

Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

Project Driven

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 because a Christian at age 11, when at Fair Havens Bible Conference. It was there that a speaker challenged those listening as to whether or not they had ever personally received Christ as their Lord and Savior. I had been feeling convicted of the need to be baptized, and in hearing this speaker I realized a deeper need – to surrender my life to the Lord, claiming my faith as my own, and not just something that my family believed.

West Park Baptist Church: birth to twenties as usher, musician, and worship music leader.

Fair Havens Bible Conference: teens and twenties as custodian, youth and children’s leader (teaching and activities), adult worship music leader (one year), guys dorm leader,and youth praise and prayer leader (several years)

Emmanuel Baptist Church: Worship music director.

My Christian family

Working at Fair Havens Bible Conference

Being mentored by leaders like Glenn Rider, Dave Gast and Dale Dirksen, in addition to my time learning at Briercrest Seminary.

Health challenges: badly sprained ankle, back problems and pelvic pain syndrome (along with accompanying fatigue)

Dealing with the pains and hardships that can come with pastoring a small church family (there are many joys that also come with this, making it very worthwhile!! 🙂

Dealing with the pains and hardships that come in marriage and family life (again, there are so many joys that also come with marriage and parenting that also make them both to be incredibly worthwhile!)

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. Being part of leading a movement of people who live to worship God in every part of their lives!

4. Teaching and encouraging people along in all kinds of different ways (church family, small group, 1:1, etc.) when it comes to living to worship God with their lives!

5. Being able to use my worship music abilities to mentor and lead others in praising God.