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

Thank you Jess Carver 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:

56%

28%

25%

21%

31%

21%

34%

96%

43%

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 a doing person – I much prefer to be getting into it, rather than being a ‘floater’ – I am very purpose driven and goal orientated.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I am a very organised person and like everything to be done correctly and look just right.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I really enjoy seeing people own their faith, especially kids/youth and if I can at least do a part of that through my teaching I am happy.

[H]eart

1. Spending time with family/friends/boyfriend

2. Spending time doing administration/organisation or creating worship spaces and services for everyone

3. Unwinding and relaxing – going for a drive, watching TV, reading a book

Friends, as we are usually on the same wavelength, mainly around my age, who are also goal centered and organised/have good administration skills, also a willingness to serve amongst our crazy/busy lives

Excite me – any kids or youth ministry that we have. A concern – the future direction and life of the church as a whole, ie. services, programs etc.

Parenting
Poverty/hunger
Educational

[A]bilities

Full Time Student.

Receptionist, Administrative Duties, Scores Recorder.

Attention to detail, ability to communicate with people of all ages (relatable), organised etc.

N/A.

Organisation and administrative abilities.

[P]ersonality

Reserved

Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

Project Driven

Follower

Solo

Variety

Your Primary was ‘The Beaver’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Retriever’, and here are the descriptions of your Personalities, and how they can be used for God

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

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

[E]xperience

I have grown up in a Christian household and have therefore been coming to church my whole life – and while I ebb and flow between my commitment and faith to God, I feel as though something would be missing if I didn’t have church or my faith in my life.

Sunday kids program (KidsLife) – teacher/helper – approximately 8 years to present.

Fortnightly youth program (JAM – Jesus And Me) – leader – approximately 5 years to present.

School holiday kids program (Day Camp) – leader/coordinator/administrator – approximately 10 years to present.

My family are constantly a positive experience on my life – their love and support is more than I could ask for.

My churches willingness to have me be involved as a leader in many different programs – I have never experienced an age barrier – people thinking I’m too young.

My boyfriend (Simon) – is always there for me and we support each other in our faith journeys, while still understanding we experience God differently and we are different people and have different personalities.

A feeling of abandonment by the youth leaders I had in high school – they were constantly there for all of us but almost suddenly stopped being leaders and even though were still at the same church, the sense of relationship had gone.

An experience of bullying throughout years of primary school – given me a lack of confidence, makes me second guess my actions, am constantly rethinking about things I said or did, that I should have done better and has given me a sense of needing to be perfect so nobody can say anything about me.

Constantly being stuck in the cycle of messing up, confessing to God, feeling good but then messing up again – that knowledge of knowing I will always be forgiven by God but manipulating it to my advantage to feel no remorse about actions, or continuing to do them with a justification.

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. Work in kids/youth/families ministry.

4. Bring others to Christ – evangelism.

5. Step outside my comfort zone in all sorts of different ways.