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

Thank you Jay Betts 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):

37%

56%

46%

50%

50%

68%

31%

62%

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 not surprised that teaching is my top gift. My passion is teaching others not only church setting but in my secular job as well.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
This one surprised me. I have not ever considered myself as having the gift of prophecy

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Here again this gift does not surprise me. I am always willing to help serve in any capacity.

[H]eart

1. Teaching/Learning

2. Talking to others about their relationship with God.

3. Seeing a change in a person’s life when they allow God to work in their lives.

I love working in Children’s ministry. I am comfortable to work with children of any age.

Core church values are being questioned not only by the church body but by clergy as well.

Marriage/family issues
Abuse/violence
Policy/politics

[A]bilities

3D imaging manager at Children’s of Alabama

X-ray, CT, and MRI. Opened a pizza restaurant in Hoover Alabama

Photography,

I was invited by Philips to teach a class in Washington DC. on way hospitals need a 3D lab. I also have taught anatomy classes to my peers.

Being able to talk to people.

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Team

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

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

[E]xperience

From a very young age I have always felt the call of God on my life. When I went through confirmation classes it helped me to understand and confirm my beliefs.

FUMC Jasper, alabama in the mid 90’s served on the administrative board, volunteered in the Youth ministry. Church at Brook Hills around 1998 worked in the children’s ministry until 2000. FUMC Jasper alabama 2000-2005 children’s ministry, sound board. Liberty Crossing’s united Methodist church served board of trustees, children’s ministry and power point in worship. Trussville FUMC children’s ministry. Photography work in all areas.

Cullman FUMC- Children’s Ministry, Lay leader, power point during worship service. Photography work. Sent by the conference to London England to help set up children’s ministry for UMC Zimbabwe congregation.

My Dad taking me to communion at young age. As a young age church was always had a positive experience.

Having a best friend that was a believer. He was christian of another denomination but we were able to share the same core values. But were able to talk about our denomination differences.

My wife is also a believer who was also from a different denomination. Here again our core beliefs are the same, so we are always able to discuss any religious difference easily.

Church Politics

Having a spouse who is a paid ministry staff person.

Even though God may be calling you to do something. There are others within the body that will disagree with you.

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. Sunday Morning Children’s Worship service

4. Drama Team

5. Youth Band