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

Thank you Jessica Peterson 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):

31%

59%

50%

71%

56%

50%

53%

71%

71%

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 have always felt that everything I have comes from God and belongs to Him. God calls us to be generous and I want to joyfully obey.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I like doing things behind the scenes to bless people.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I care deeply about correct theology and doctrine. I want to correctly interpret the Bible and enjoy helping/encouraging others to do the same. I would say my teaching gift is more in the context of small groups and not large group teaching.

[H]eart

1. I love being a mom and teaching my kids about God’s love and faithfulness.

2. I really enjoy cooking and baking. Mostly I do this for my family, but I like bringing meals to those in need and giving gifts of homemade foods.

3. I like running and playing other sports.

I like to work with kids and with women. I have mostly worked with moms and have worked with kids of all ages, though mostly preschool and younger.

What concerns me about the church is the slide I see towards more and more progressive ideas. Compromising theology and doctrine to placate the culture is ruining many churches.
The need that excites me is working with families. Specifically, foster and adoptive families. We have done both foster and adoption and I see it as a huge need that the church should be stepping into. Unfortunately, it is a very hard road for many families and they often feel alone.

Abortion/sanctity of Life
Marriage/family issues
At-risk children

[A]bilities

Currently I am a stay at home mom.

I was the Food Service Director at a camp.

I am a good cook and baker.

Compassion for families and children.

[P]ersonality

Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Solo

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

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

[E]xperience

I grew up in a Christian home and was taught from an early age the foundations of Christianity. I used to accept Jesus as my Savior every time my Sunday school teacher would ask us to repeat after her, just in case it hadn’t worked the first time. As I grew and understood more I knew I didn’t need to keep doing it. I attended Christian camps as a middle and high school student. They had a large impact on my faith and it continued to grow. One particularly impactful experience was a week long camp in middle school. The theme that week was The Pilgrim’s Progress. We had to carry a bag of rocks everywhere we went that week to represent our sin. At the end of the week we brought them to a cross and laid them down before it. It was wonderful picture in my mind of how Jesus took my sins on himself when he died on the cross. I have continued to learn and grow in my faith throughout my life.

Christian camp counselor for high schoolers at HoneyRock Camp summers of 2003 & 2004

Brooklife Church, Mukwonago
Sunday school teacher in the preschool room 2010-2020
Women’s ministry small group leader 2017?-2020
Women’s ministry director 2019-2020
House group leader 2012?-2019

Fox River Church, Waukesha
Momtime small group leader 2022-24
Middle School Sunday school teacher 2023-2024

My family has had the biggest impact on my life. I have been blessed to come from a strong Christian family that goes back generations on both sides.

My experiences at Christian camps both as a camper, counselor, and then Food Service Director shaped much of my young adult life in a positive way.

My marriage has been a positive experience that has shaped my life immensely.

My husband was let go from a ministry position at a church. It was quite an upheaval for our entire family. Our life had been very wrapped up in the church and it hurt a lot. Many relationships we had there did not continue. It has helped me have compassion for others who have been hurt by the church.

Being a foster/adoptive parent, while I don’t want to say has been a negative experience, has been a very difficult experience in many ways. It has given me a lot of compassion and understanding for kids and families in similar situations.

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 make sure every child has a family to call their own.

4. Help people see the beauty and sanctity of life inside and outside the womb..

5. Strengthen Christian marriages/families so that they can stand against the struggles of this world and can be a light for those around them.