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

Thank you Jeffery DeVale Sparks 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

84%

Evangelism

56%

Exhortation/Encouragement

62%

Giving

37%

Mercy Showing

31%

Prophecy

90%

Pastoring/Shepherding

53%

Serving

37%

Teaching

100%

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, Teaching (100%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Ability to take complex things people may not understand, (or the things they think are simple but are actually deeper than they might imagine), and with enthusiasm, creativity, and visual clarity help them see the core of it.

#2 Gift, Prophecy (90%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Telling-forth is exhortation of God’s Living Word that is True and indeed living.

#3 Gift, Administration (84%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I like to take the complexity of systems and simplify them into efficient, effective, and for visual impact.

[H]eart

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

1. Explain the concepts of Scripture and Theology in a way that is electric and life-transforming.

2. Build ways to help others (and myself) innovate and organize their lives using tools which might be found from every discipline or even completely disparate fields for the purpose of the wonder and beauty of order.

3. Creating things that bring surprise, delight, and help to people.

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

Creatives. Ideo design types (to the max).

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

Building future vision. Making something out of nothing (ex nihilo).

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

Drug abuse/recovery
Financial stewardship
Spiritual laziness

[A]bilities

My current vocation:

Groups, Engagement, Pastoring, and Design Guy

Other jobs I have experience in:

Fine Art, Design, Retail Management,

Special talents/skills that I have:

Speaking before an audience. Visual story-telling. Painting word pictures. Extreme order (“I can land the plan”). Fine Art Painting, inventing processes, thinking creatively, a capacity to learn languages quickly, 50/50 tested Right-Brain Left-Brain balance, Chess, Design, Beauty.

I have taught a class or seminar on:

Theology, Bible, Organization, Organizational tools, Historical Theology, Painting, Task Management,

I feel my most valuable personal asset is:

Organizational (IDEO) Thinking. It’s just me.

[P]ersonality

The personality traits that best fit me are:

Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

Peace Maker

Project Driven

Leader

Solo

Variety

1. 1 Likes Control	4 Enthusiastic	3 Sensitive	2 Reserved
2. 1 Firm	3 Energetic	2 Non-Demanding	4 Practical
3. 4 Likes Challenge	2 Promoter	1 Enjoys Routine	3 Factual
4. 4 Problem Solver	2 Mixes Easily	1 Relational	3 Perfectionistic
5. 1 Bold	2 Fun-Loving	3 Thoughtful	4 Detailed
6. 3 Goal Driven	2 Optimistic	1 Patient	3 Inquisitive
7. 1 Strong Willed	3 Motivator	4 Good Listener	2 Accurate
8. 2 Takes Charge	4 Very Verbal	3 Loyal	1 Predictable
9. 1 Determined	2 Popular	3 Dislikes Change	4 Orderly
10. 2 Competitive	1 Group Oriented	3 Sympathetic	4 Analytical
11. 2 Purposeful	3 Inspirational	1 Nurturing	4 Precise
12. 2 Action Oriented	1 Likes Change	3 Peace Maker	4 Scheduled
24 Total	29 Total	28 Total	38 Total

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

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

My broken and dysfunctional home found me sent to my simple, but loving, Christian Grandaprents who lead me to the Lord.

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

Colonial Presbyterian Church, Kansas City, MO.
2013-2018

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

Mick Houston recruiting me into LifeWay Christian Stores.

Julie Sparks coming into my life.

Jim West, Panera, 5 years ago, calling me to pick up the calling Christ has on my life through Seminary and ordination.

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:

Leaving home at 17 to get away from the dysfunction and abuse.

Seminary not working out (failing) at Concordia Seminary.

Poverty.

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. Develop a syndicated teaching ministry as a Pastor who taught and traveled to teach.

4. Go into an impossible community and take a failing church and, by God’s awesome power, transform that into the largest church in the area for people that need hope and healing and growth and leadership.

5. Create and develop an effective and highly-regarded Arts and Tech academy program in an unashamedly Christian-focused space, that would transform the lives of the youth AND their parents.