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

Thank you Dennis Castenir 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):

53%

62%

53%

68%

56%

50%

46%

59%

59%

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 do enjoy giving to the church, organizations that help families, and people in need. I feel that my wife and I do this well.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I am not sure that I see myself as someone who has the gift of evangelism. While I love God and trust Him, I am not always a person that can or will share with others. However, I do have a desire to serve in ministry that will help people experience God’s love and understand His word.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I do enjoy serving especially when it is something that I feel I can actually contribute to.

[H]eart

1. I really enjoy spending time and serving with my wife. Working in the yard together, going for walks, and working in a ministry together are all really special times.

2. I enjoy sharing with and helping people that can not otherwise do for themselves. While I do not have a lot of skills, I do enjoy using what skills I have to help others.

3. While I am not a super avid reader, I really have enjoyed reading more. I read my Bible more, and I read Christian fiction more. I look forward to having more time for reading and sharing God’s word.

I enjoy working with older people, teens and young twenties people, and married couples.

I want people in the church to settle into a church and enjoy the church. Not that they will always be excited about what is happening in their church, but they will be for the church. It is important for all the church members to support their staff, and pray for the church staff. Church members need to understand that every church service and every church activity may not be exciting to them, but it is God’s service and His activity and as long as it is touching someone then we should be supportive.

Abortion/sanctity of Life
Marriage/family issues
Financial stewardship

[A]bilities

I am a software developer and application development manager.

In high school and college I built swimming pools and worked in food service.

I have always been decent at sports, and I am pretty good at math.

My wife and I have taught Sunday School at varies age levels.
We have taught boundary classes.
We have done a youth Alpha study.

Not sure.

[P]ersonality

Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

Follower

Routine

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 was raised Catholic and growing up we always went to church. However, I really did not feel that I knew the Bible until I got involved in FCA. Then to a bigger point when my wife and I met, got married, decided to worship together and started serving and teaching in church.

My wife and I taught children’s Sunday School at RUMC for 25 plus years. We were also involved in the youth ministry at RUMC, and have taught some adult classes.

My wife and I have attended an Emmaus walk and we have served on some Emmaus and Chrysalis walks.

We were blessed to work a Billy Graham Crusade, attend numerous revivals, and disciple and witness to several people.

Our marriage, and our decision to seek God together.

Emmaus Walk

Our continual personal Christian study which we share together.

Even though I was raised going to church, sports seemed to be the biggest focus while growing up.

I let my job control our lives for a period of time.

We have had some major issues with one of our sons.

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. Find a ministry that my wife and I can work at together to help people experience God’s love and learn His word.

4. I help people in need and to assist them to help themselves.

5. Would like to help other married couple put priority in their marriage and make their marriage a God centered marriage.