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

Thank you Jill Y. Perkins 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:

Administration

75%

Evangelism

93%

Exhortation/Encouragement

87%

Giving

84%

Mercy Showing

78%

Prophecy

65%

Pastoring/Shepherding

81%

Serving

65%

Teaching

81%

To see descriptions on the Spiritual Gifts and how you can use them to further Christ’s Kingdom on earth, visit this link.

#1 Gift, Evangelism (93%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I really want others to know God is I have come to know him for myself.

#2 Gift, Exhortation/Encouragement (87%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Because to know him is to know that he loves us all the same. And that we all have sinned, but he has forgiven us just by knowing and except Jesus as our Savior, Lord and King, that we all can be saved. Not to dwell on the old things but pressing forward in a new life in Christ through Pray, Bible and Stewardship.

#3 Gift, Giving (84%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I know that nothing I have belongs to me and that everything I have or will ever receive, came and comes from God. I give whatever I have with a cheerful heart and it is not just money.

[H]eart

Three things I love to do that bring joy and fulfillment in my life:

1. Giving God praise for all he’s done for me and others. Helping where I can in the ministry with a heart of commitment and not giving up.

2. Helping those any any way that I can that can’t help themselves like the elderly, like my mother, and others with compassion and love. I always want to be a servant representing God’s love for them and others.

3. I have a desire of learning more of God’s word through prayer, bible and the best of my stewardship,

Who I love to work with most, and the age or type of people:

I think I have a passion of working with young women and girls most because of my upbringing of a hard working single mother.

Church issues, ministries, or possible needs that excite or concern me the most:

Different non-traditional ways of reaching our communities to help bring them to Christ.

*Mark the Top 3 from the list, that Trigger a Passion in You

Drug abuse/recovery
Parenting
Spiritual laziness

[A]bilities

My current vocation:

Retired – Volunteer staff person for New Members

Other jobs I have experience in:

Adm. Assistant, Receptionist, Supervisor, Customer Service Rep., Quality Control, Data Entry Clerk, Property Manager.

Special talents/skills that I have:

Cooking and Singing

I have taught a class or seminar on:

N/A

I feel my most valuable personal asset is:

Respect for others and showing a lot of love for everyone.

[P]ersonality

The personality traits that best fit me are:

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Team

50-50 Routine/Variety

1. 1 Likes Control	3 Enthusiastic	3 Sensitive	3 Reserved
2. 3 Firm	3 Energetic	2 Non-Demanding	3 Practical
3. 4 Likes Challenge	4 Promoter	3 Enjoys Routine	3 Factual
4. 1 Problem Solver	4 Mixes Easily	4 Relational	3 Perfectionistic
5. 3 Bold	4 Fun-Loving	4 Thoughtful	4 Detailed
6. 4 Goal Driven	1 Optimistic	4 Patient	3 Inquisitive
7. 4 Strong Willed	4 Motivator	3 Good Listener	3 Accurate
8. 3 Takes Charge	2 Very Verbal	4 Loyal	3 Predictable
9. 4 Determined	3 Popular	1 Dislikes Change	4 Orderly
10. 1 Competitive	4 Group Oriented	4 Sympathetic	4 Analytical
11. 4 Purposeful	4 Inspirational	4 Nurturing	3 Precise
12. 4 Action Oriented	4 Likes Change	4 Peace Maker	4 Scheduled
36 Total	40 Total	40 Total	40 Total

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

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 brief testimony of how I became a Christian

Was born with a severe Asthma condition and could never live a normal life playing outside with the other kids and lived in the hospital most of the time growing up and it was a struggle. As I became a teen, I was able to walk outside and requested to walk to the neighborhood church where I thought I was just getting out of the house, but eventually gave my life to Christ.

Ministry Experience (Where I have served in the past, if applicable, including ChurchName, City/State, Position, Years Involved):

Upshaw A.M.E., Dayton, Ohio
Choir member – 6 years

Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, Dayton, Ohio
Choir member, Summer Camp Organizer, Garden Ministry – 15 years
United Community Brethren Church, Dayton, Ohio
Praise and Worship Team, Special Programs Coordinator – 6 years

Tabernacle Baptist Church, Dayton, Ohio
Music Ministry, New Members Staff and assist with other Programs Events

List 3 Positive experiences from the past that made a big impact on who you are today:

My growth in a better knowledge of the Bible has grown.

Learning more about Theology.

My Prayer, Bible and Stewardship has increase on a daily basis.

List 3 Negative Experiences from your past that have helped to Shape me, but also have given you great compassion for others going through similar circumstances:

I have learned how to forgive a lot of christian people that were not so kind to me. Also I have learned how to for forgive family and friends. Once I prayed about those situations to God I learned how to leave it there.

Surviving Cancer twice but always know that God was watching over my situation.

I went through some battles on my jobs of racial discrimination but learned how to stand through it without turning against those that showed hate towards me. Loved the in spite of there bitter treatments towards me. My kindness outweighed their bad and they were eventually removed from the companies,

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. Just to continue serving and being obedient to his will and my purpose his has for my life.

4. Go on a peaceful silent, scenic retreat where I could spend more time alone with God in prayer and bible if there is such a thing.

5. Record a gospel CD full of worship and praise song.