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

Thank you John Dunlap 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:

65%

87%

75%

81%

87%

68%

78%

68%

87%

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 meeting new people and sharing the truths of scripture as opportunities arise. My life’s motto is: To know Christ and to make Christ known.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Because of the love of Jesus in me, I do love all people and especially those who are underprivileged, hurting, and sometimes treated unjustly by others.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
God has given me a hunger for Truth, and I have found that as I share the Truth of scripture with people in easy to understand terms, they respond positively.

[H]eart

1. I love to eat, so I also enjoy cooking and sharing good food with others.

2. I love to hold babies and to relate with younger children and young families.

3. I love to hike, bike and travel.

As I’ve aged, I enjoy working more with senior citizens, but I still have a heart for babies, children and young families.

New believer’s classes geared toward families with children as young as about eight years old. And a solid youth ministry for junior high, high school and college.

Marriage/family issues
Spiritual laziness
At-risk children

[A]bilities

Retired from law enforcement, security, and the district court system

Farming, logging, retail sales and door-to-door sales

Training and years of experience in vocal performance; household moving, organizing, decorating, gardening, cooking, public speaking, teaching

Personal evangelism, child evangelism, defensive driving, bicycle safety, pedestrian safety, the Gospel of John, Spiritual Gifts

My ability to meet and connect with people

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

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

At age 7 I realized that I needed Jesus as my Savior and committed to follow Him. I was baptized at age 9 and have been His disciple for most of my life.

VBS teacher and singer at Renton Bible Church 1958-1961
Lead singer in men’s quartet and singer in male chorus, Prairie Bible Institute 1961-1962
Director of Child Evangelism Fellowship in Minot, N.D. 1963-1964
Sunday school teacher, singer at East Renton Baptist Church 1964-1970
Sunday school teacher and superintendent, Song Leader, Deacon, lead singer in the Saints Alive quartet at Esperance Baptist Church, Edmonds 1970-1980
Choir member, Worship leader, Adult SS teacher, Elder at Alderwood Community Church in Lynnwood 1980-1999
Elder, Facilities Director, Adult SS teacher, elder, singer at Martha Lake Baptist Church in Lynnwood 1999-2011; shared pulpit ministry last three years
Singer, usher, handi-man, home Bible study teacher, servant leader at the Hillside Church 2011 to present

1. Two years of training at Prairie Bible Institute where I learned how to study and memorize scripture
2. My parents took me to church from the time I was a week old. My father was a strong example of one who practiced living what he understood of scripture. He had a servant’s heart and was gave liberally to his church, both physically and financially. He was a man of good reputation in the community and shared his faith freely.
3. Twenty five years as a Washington State Trooper. I learned how to listen and to talk with people one-on-one and how to handle crises. I also learned and experienced speaking to large groups of people during eleven years as a Safety Education Trooper.

1. Growing up in a legalistic church and with a father who wasn’t a good parent within the walls of his own home. God has used that experience to help me become more compassionate and considerate for my own wife and children, and to be more forgiving of others in my life as well. I have used my father as a positive role model for his public live, but have let God change my heart and attitude regarding the negative things about my father that I know weren’t right.
2. I had anger problems and control issues in my marriage as a young husband. God has helped me to change my heart and actions and to become a much better husband and father as I’ve studied and applied His Word to my life.
3. My heart attack in 2011 opened my eyes to the fact that life is short and uncertain, and that whatever I can do to help build the kingdom of God on this earth I need to do now.

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. I would teach a class for young adults and families with growing children who are seeking to know Jesus and train their families to follow Him.

4. I would love to be singing regularly again in a gospel quartet or trio.

5. I would like to build a large facility that would facilitate worship services, sporting activities and classes for all ages, to be used seven days a week for Christian education.