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

Thank you Julie Highland 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:

68%

71%

78%

75%

68%

53%

50%

68%

59%

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 a good listener and because I have been in real life situations, I can have a different level of understanding in helping others.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I try not to have any kind of personal agenda when it come to giving my time to others. And I am financially able to help more these days.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have not practiced evangelism too much but I am working on learning more so I can share more.

[H]eart

1. Listening to others when they appear to have a need and all they want is someone to talk to.

2. Helping others perform a task if I know I physically and mentally am able to do so.

3. Mentor and encourage others to promote God’s goodness.

In my professional world I work with little kids and young people but as I grow older I am loving interacting with older people.

Leadership possibilities on a small informal group or at a larger professional level. Interacting with people at an individual or large group level.

Drug abuse/recovery
Parenting
Compulsive behavior

[A]bilities

youth services, public service in a library(25 years)
volunteer coordinator, Friends of library liason

Management/leadership in many different types of jobs. Running machinery in a factory. Creating technical training manuals.

organizing events, learning process and procedures in order to train others
Reading out loud to children and adults

Technology used at library, camera classes. standardized procedures to individuals and groups,

Listening to an individual and helping them determine how they can help themselves if they really want to

[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

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

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

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

[E]xperience

I have been a Christ believer since I was a little kid. I woud not be able to say there was any one time that I became a Christian,

Became a charter member of Gateway Lutheran when they were just starting up 25 years ago. Helped financially and with outreach., Sunday school.

Became a member of First Assembly(Colonial and Summerlin). Volunteered clean up and server in coffee bar. Help for Hurting women advocate.

Being a part of a start up group 25 years ago was very exciting and I felt I was encouraged to be a part of a team for a greater purpose.

Being a girl scout leader for 4 years and helping in the development of young girls

Helping a leadership team as a young adult gave me positive encouragement to be a strong woman who could help others

Becoming a part of that leadership team took 3 tries. It was a time when being a woman without a fancy degree was looked down on. People skills can not be taught in a formal classroom.

Going through some personal challenges these past several years has made me a stronger Christian woman, coming to know God is in charge and believing it.

Loosing my husband to cancer as a young single mother has helped me know that I can persevere but I know God is holding me up. This helps when others need encouragement.

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. Open up an abandoned golf course for special needs and at risk kids.

4. Have a neighborhood bus service for helping the elderly

5. helping set up a CR at shores campus