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

Thank you Joe Soto Jr. 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:

59%

68%

50%

87%

46%

50%

28%

15%

65%

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’m excited about living well below our financial means so we can be radically generous to bless others.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I think knowing what Jesus did on the cross & the love he has for the world is of utmost importance.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
One of my greatest strengths is communication. I am able to effectively communicate ideas in a compelling way.

[H]eart

1. I love spending time with people one-on-one to share life, hear how they’re doing, encourage them and challenge them along their journey.

2. I love connecting others and seeing new relationships spark to life. I believe I’m good at connecting people with other like-minded people to form meaningful relationships.

3. I love leading others to achieve a common goal — whether that’s a project, a small group or an athletic/recreational event.

People my age — mid 20s, early 30s. Diverse — could be young professionals or college age students.

Leading a small group of believers, compassion/generosity, church planting

Poverty/hunger
Financial stewardship
At-risk children

[A]bilities

Entrepreneur — journalism / PR / Business

start-up coffee company, project manager for international nonprofit

Communication, Writing, Editing, Public Speaking, Social Media, Management, Leadership, Inspirational

n/a besides bible study

Communication/Visionary

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

People Driven

Leader

Solo

Routine

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

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

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 father shared the Gospel after soccer practice when I was 5 or 6. That was my first introduction to the Gospel. But it was all legalistic and about attending church services. In college, that’s when I first truly understand what it meant to have a personal, intentional, ongoing relationship with Jesus. From freshman year of college until now, I’ve understood what it means to walk with Jesus daily and make him my number 1 priority.

The Rock Church – 2009 – 2012 : Small group leader.

Discipleship relationship with Garrett Naufel & John Drage. These men inspired me during my young days as a college student.

Paternal relationship with my grandfather. He showed me love, grace and steadfastness growing up in spite of not having a father figure.

Paul Restive — journalism teacher in high school — believing in me and speaking to my potential as a writer and a young man.

My parents divorce — it was hard growing up with a single mother with 5 kids. My relationship with my dad has never been the same.

My father tried to commit suicide when I was 7. That’s left a long-term scar.

I lost my first job abruptly after veering off my career path to pursue a dream I thought God was leading me toward.

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. mentoring at-risk youth who needed someone to believe in them.

4. starting businesses that could have a positive impact on the world & for the Gospel.

5. leading others to follow Jesus more at work, in their family & wherever else God has them.