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

Thank you Jenny Terry 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%

90%

75%

62%

84%

59%

65%

75%

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 work with young adults for a living and have been asked to assist in ministry.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I can easily forgive others and show compassion for sinners and wrong doers eg students who are living ungodly lives.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I easily fill the role of a Behind -the -scenes person or a one-on-one tutor or counselor.

[H]eart

1. Read the Word and grow in knowledge.

2. Help others who are hurting or listen to their concerns.

3. One-on-one Tutoring in life or in school work from elementary to adult.

I love to work with people who are lost or feel like they don’t belong. As a school teacher, I have worked with grades 4-12th and been effective especially one-on-one listening sessions for guidance or seeking counselor. I am very careful not to recommend anything that might not be biblical.

I’ve always wanted to get to know the hearts of others. It’s sad when one goes to church to fellowship, and never moves past a surface greeting.

Poverty/hunger
Compulsive behavior
Spiritual laziness

[A]bilities

High school special education teacher

Teaching aerobics and fitness classes

Listening to others’ problems and loving them despite what others might think they deserve (seems to be a strength of mine among teacher colleagues)

My strengths as a teacher include teaching art (because the kid’s like it), and growing as a Christian.

I am a great cheerleader and motivator. Kids seem to gravitate towards my room who need to feel like they’re accepted. I am loving teacher (unconditionally) with compassion -seeing others as they want you to see them, not as others show they feel about them.

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Solo

Routine

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 was alone and in the Word on a trip with only my bible and spent hours praying that God would forgive me for sins I felt were unredeemable. Through this 3 day process, I heard (inaubibly) God speak scripture to me as I looked at the words from my bible. I’ve not been the same since that experience in 2015.

Madison Avenue Church of Christ teaching young students -3 years

Madison Avenue Church of Christ teaching adults aerobics-3 years.

Student FCA (Future Christian Athletes) Member and teach FCA Monday’s for 9th-12th graders

Hearing from God and being able to act on his living word

Building a Christian climate of peace and joy in my home for the children in my home

Sacrificing my time and money to support a food pantry in my room for the students of Chesapeake High.

Losing a parent to premature death when I was a teen

Wrongly marrying and later divorcing

Being rejected or excluded

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 operate programs for students to visit senior citizens and complete community service projects for the elderly in the community.

4. I would financially support those who work low-wage jobs by creating a request-for-need sure and fulfill needs eg new furnishings or appliances for working vehicles

5. Unique counseling for one-on-one prayer supports for concerns others need to share and need support for (many adult teachers come to me asking for prayer).