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

Thank you Jennifer Tompkins 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%

90%

90%

62%

84%

71%

56%

84%

78%

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 went through some difficult times with drug addiction in the past. I have the gift from God of 11 years of sobriety. God saw me through that terrible storm. I have a passion to help any and all who struggle with addiction and to change their life through God’s grace. I surrendered to my addiction and went into a drug treatment facility for 3 years. I gave my life back to God and he in turn blessed me with so many gifts I could not possible list here. I have a burning desire to reach and disciple anyone who struggles with addiction and tell them what God did for me that I could not do for myself.
I also went though a difficult divorce about 15 years ago and my ex-husband attempted to take my children. The divorce went on for 3 very long years. It was difficult to stay firm in my faith as I felt my world was crumbling around me. I felt that God had abandoned me and that I was all alone. God saw me through that painful period in my life and I believe that because of these two experiences I now am at a place in my life to share my experience, strength and hope with others to they can come to God and know the wonderful, miraculous gifts he can give.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Through my experiences listed above, I would love to encourage, help, teach and lead people through their difficult times and reveal to them what God has done in my life. If God will forgive and bless a broken person like me, his grace and mercy is something that I would never want to live without.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Seeing where my life was, I remember how chaotic and unsettled everything was. When I see people going through that same turmoil, my heart breaks. It brings all those feelings back and I just want to share with them what God did in my life and tell them what steps I took in my journey. There is nothing in the world that can fill the hole in you. No drug, no worldly possession – God will reveal Himself to you when you surrender. I remember the day when I ended up on my knees — and I said, ” I give it all to You, Lord!” If God can show mercy on a sinner and a blasphemous like myself, then I can show mercy on those who were just where I was.

[H]eart

1. I love going to church and attending bible studies. I do three bible studies at the moment. I enjoy being in the word of God. I feel that it helps me to know him better and it helps to keep me close to him.

2. I love listen to expositional pastors. I enjoy listening to how they explain the text and the history of the bible. I would say that this would be my favorite pastime.

3. I love my family! I have a husband and three sons. Spending time with them fills my heart with joy.

I like to work with infants and young children. I feel that if you have a good foundation as a child it is so important as you go through life. I was lucky enough to have that and I feel that it really helped me get through those difficult times. I would also like to work with peers that are going through some of the things that I went through all those years ago and share what God has done in my life.

Drug abuse/recovery
Alcoholism
Abuse/violence

[A]bilities

I was a retail store manager/but currently I am a stay at home mom

Operations Manager

none

my testimony

[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

My parents always took me to church as a child and they were very involved with the church. My dad was head decon for many years and my mom lead a lot of small groups. I was blessed by a strong Christian family. I was baptized at age 12

coming from a strong christian family

being involved with a very active past church family in New Hampshire

having knowledge in the Bible and being able to apply biblical truths to my everyday life

divorce

physical and mental abuse from a past marriage

drug and alcohol abuse

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 go on a missionary trip

4. sharing my personal relationship with God to others

5. helping children learn about Gods Love for them