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

Thank you Lynn Head 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):

68%

65%

46%

78%

43%

50%

56%

15%

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 believe all gifts come from God and belong to Him. To those who have bee give much, much is required.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
One of my abilities to organize, planning and direct process has been used frequently in the past.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
This one is relatively new for me.. God gave me this desire after two mission trips to Cuba where evangelism was the central purpose. Also lending to more “neighborhood evangelism,”

[H]eart

1. Being with me family and grandchildren. Helping and encouraging them in their own spiritual walks. Supplying needs as they arise.

2. Bible study in a small group setting. I love choosing study material and seeing it become meaningful and life changing to those studying.

3. Sewing, crafts, creative arts and teaching others

Encouraging young women/mothers. Women’s ministry. Young couples small group Bible study. Children’s ministry.

Women’s ministry, Crisis ministry-hurricane/flood victims, short term needs, missions- local and foreign

Marriage/family issues
Spiritual laziness
Educational

[A]bilities

Homemaker

Journalism/Public Relations
Owned paint your own pottery studio in Greenville

Sewing, crafts, writing, interior design

Sewing, quilting, various crafts, Women’s ministry Bible study, directed VBS, children’s programs

Organization and implementation

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

50-50 High/Low Risk

Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

Leader

Team

Variety

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

Otter- Otters are very social creature. Otter personalities love people. They enjoys being popular and influencing and motivating others. Otter can sometimes be hurt when people do not like them. Otter personalities usually have lots of friends, but not deep relationships. They love to goof-off. (They are notorious for messy rooms.) Otters like to hurry and finish jobs. (Jobs are not often done well.) The otter personality is like Tigger in Winnie The Pooh.

Strength: People person, open, positive
Weakness: Talks too much, too permissive
Limitation: Remembering past commitments, follow through with discipline

[E]xperience

Grew up in a strong Christian family. I accepted Christ at age 12 and was baptized in a Baptist church. Grew spiritually in young couple Bible study and small group studies to this day.

Overbrook Baptist Church, Greenville, SC Children’s ministry, directed VBS, young couples Bible study. 1992-@1997, also home church I grew up in.
First Baptist Church of Norfolk Va., administrative assistant to pastors, produced church newsletter and other publications, young couple Bible study. 1982-85
Augusta Road Baptist Church, Greenville, SC Adult Sunday School Leaders. 1988-1992
First Baptist Church of Columbia, SC Leader in College department, Summer Bible studies. College years
Southside Fellowship, Greenville, SC High School Girls Sunday School and Discipleship leader, prior to moving her 10 years ago
Brookwood Church, Greenville, SC (not member) Small group leader in large women’s Bible study, prior to moving here
Surfside Presbyterian Church, Surfside, SC Small group Bible study, First Impressions committee, designed publication for new members/visitors, Adult Bible Study leader. Most recently, last 8 years

Marriage- learning to keep Christ at the center through all aspects, becoming less selfish

Parenthood- giving and sacrifice for good of children

Parents – watching them grow and lead in the family and at church, sacrificing for family and for others. Dad was job placement officer with prison system and probation officer and mother was school social worker for 30+ years

Dealing with depression in myself and with family members

Husband’s personal and job crisis resulting from dysfunctional, alcoholic parents.
Watching him grow through the process.

Serious health issues in family: oldest daughter Amy having a stroke at age 18 and another after the birth of her first child while her husband was deployed to Korea and Amy was living in MI, husband’s 2 seizures and having to drive him to work (and on call) for 6 months each time, father’s heart issues and early retirement at 57 right after we moved to Greenville where Doug began practice and his resulting depression issues, mother’s complications following gall bladder surgery resulting in 3 months intensive care, months of rehab and moving she and my dad (she was his caretaker) from 30 year home to retirement apartment, miscarriages and resulting fertility issues and subsequent adoption of 2nd daughter, 2nd daughter’s issues including 2 suicide attempts, unplanned pregnancy and adoption of her child. Whew! Sometimes I can believe it myself. But lots of empathy for lots of people going through crisis!

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. To continue to grow spiritually, give and serve with abandon.

4. Participate in mission opportunities on local and internation level.

5. Serve a local church using gifts to support the body.