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

Thank you Gena Waples 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):

87%

43%

75%

68%

21%

40%

37%

34%

65%

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:
Because I like to solve problems, find efficient solutions for procedures, can delegate or find teams to work together. I am highly organized and can analyze data and financial information and report on trends.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have a strong heart of helping others who are hurting. I enjoy counseling, encouraging and advising on strategies for personal growth.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I know that all I have has been given from God. I want to give back to Him.

[H]eart

1. Morning Devotional time with My God

2. Sharing experiences with others. Doing things rather than talking about them.

3. I love to decorate! (seems odd for here but I do) I love to plan, create, give structure to things…..I am just not good at maintaining the systems I come up with!

Women

Counseling those who are brokenhearted.

Marriage/family issues
Parenting
Divorce

[A]bilities

Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Officer

Managing Information Systems

Organization, Decorating, Developing efficient procedures

I have lead many small groups in several different areas of bible study. I have taught computer skills and software usage classes.

My smile and positive attitude and energy. My acceptance of others and desire to help them in their needs. My ability to put aside personal judgement and accept others where they are and for who they are.

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

50-50 High/Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

Leader

Team

Variety

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

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

[E]xperience

My mom led me to Christ in the middle of a Catholic church at the age of 6 when I questioned why I had to go into a dark closet and talk about the bad stuff in my life with a man who would then tell me how many times I had to say a prayer and count beads. She pointed me to Jesus, what He did for me, and how I only ever needed to talk to Him.

Deltona Lakes Baptist Church, Women’s Ministry Team Leader, 2 years, served on the team as a non-leader for another 3 years

The Journey, Life Group Leader, 3 years (?), Started CareNet with Michelle Patterson and served for a couple of years, Worked with Cindy Jacobson sending out email prayer card responses for about a year.

Teen age years of spending one week of summer at Christian Youth Retreats. Great memories and such an influence in shaping me!

Marrying my husband

The birth of my children

Listening to the testimony of a 16 year old girl who survived the Columbine High School shooting

A week long celebration of the passing of my mother into the hands of Jesus.

Going through the struggles of a stepson with drug addiction, bearing a child in the middle of it, having his child (my grandchild) inject cocaine and be taken away from my stepson and the baby’s mother, and going through the process of becoming a guardian for my grandson and the ultimate adoption of my grandson by my daughter.

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. The salvatin of my husband and likemindedness in serving God

4. Being able to counsel with families and couples

5. Becoming “trail angels” living near the Appalachian Trail and serving those who hike there