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

Thank you Jennifer Kraemer 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):

81%

46%

56%

53%

56%

53%

62%

50%

75%

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 am currently the president of a booster club that takes on big projects and involves lots of moving parts. I feel I delegate well and keep my eye on the big picture.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I am a teacher by vocation–at the college level now. I have experience explaining complex concepts to others. I have also taught youth Sunday school in the past and been a youth group helper at a previous church.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
My husband and I have been involved in a small group ministry for 2 1/2 years. We enjoy hosting people in our home and ministering to them. In addition, I am frequently a Bible Study discussion leader.

[H]eart

1. I enjoy serving in missions work, both overseas and locally. However, due to my geographic distance from the church, my charity involvement has taken place through organizations other than St. John’s (i.e. through my kids’ school or through Richardson area charities)

2. I enjoy planning things–especially long-term projects. I like to develop strategies.

3. Fellowship/discipleship–through small group, Bible studies, youth ministry, etc.

I enjoy working with young adults and children the best (this is my area of greatest expertise).

Small groups, Bible study, working with St. John’s school, Kellermann Foundation; I’d love to maybe someday start up a book club again like we used to have

Marriage/family issues
Educational
Other – overseas missions

[A]bilities

professor

My paid jobs have all been in the teaching field at various levels. My volunteer jobs have involved administration, especially delegation (booster club president, hospitality coordinator, etc.)

I generally use my time well and can be very efficient. I am a good writer. I enjoy planning for events.

St. John’s Sunday School curriculum (varied), college level writing, college level literary analysis. I would love to teach a class (or part of one) on the English Reformations if there was ever a need.

Organizational skills/ time management

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

Project Driven

Leader

50-50 Routine/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

I have never known a time when I did not know Christ. I grew up in a Christian home.

Town North Presbyterian Church, Richardson, Texas (youth-2008): VBS coordinator, secretary of Women in the Church, small group co-leader, Women’s Bible Study discussion leader, youth group helper, Sunday School teacher, choir member

St. John’s Episcopal Church, Dallas, Texas (2009-present): VBS helper, Women’s Bible Study discussion leader, small group co-leader, Sunday School teacher (youth), various helper positions

Richardson High School, Richardson, Texas (2012-present), Theater Booster Club executive board (several positions), Choir Booster Club (several positions), PTA Clothes Closet volunteer (ministry to indigent students), PTA Hospitality Co-Chair (organized teacher appreciation events)

Rearing four very different children

Traveling internationally for mission work, professionally (speaking at conferences), and for fun.

Finishing my PhD work in the midst of rearing kids, working, and volunteering

We had a very traumatic church split from our old church. This really wore me out for church politics and it took a long time for me to want to get involved. The main lesson I learned was not to let things outside of God and the basic gospel message become idols, even if they were “important” things having to do with church ministry.

I left my teaching job at St. John’s school because I was emotionally exhausted by the demands of the job–the parental expectations, the school politics, and the kids (probably because I had kids the same age at home and used up all my patience on my students). The stress related to this job at one point led me to develop shingles before age 40. This experience taught me to place mine and my family’s health above work–even if it is good work.

The most difficult challenge so far has been dealing with a son who is self-medicating with drugs and alcohol, and is probably dealing with depression and anxiety. I have lived with a lot of fear and uncertainty the past three years or so. I have had to lean on Christ in ways that I never had before. This is an ongoing struggle to discern what is the best way to parent this child. I have developed a lot of compassion for those dealing with addiction and for parents of troubled kids.

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 regular mission trips to Uganda and elsewhere.

4. To start an integrated women’s ministry at St. John’s.

5. To get back to singing in the choir regularly