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

Thank you Justin McDonald 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:

84%

71%

37%

53%

40%

40%

59%

34%

40%

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 enjoy organizing and effectively leading people to a task or common goal. Most of success in Sports ministry comes from effective administrative skills in being prepared for your leagues and season.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I see this as more of my relational approach to life. Most of the success or ability to share Christ with others has come from a natural approach to living my life in a way that acknowledges who I am in Christ and what that means to me. Walking the walk is just as important as talking the talk.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
This goes along with the evangelism strength above. I love to walk alongside and with people get to know them. It is more than just knowing about someone, it is a deep understanding of who they are. That comes from not just knowing them in ministry, but outside of the church. I have discipled college students, young adults. I love to walk alongside children and their families and invest in who they are as well. This comes natural to me and is something I genuinely enjoy.

[H]eart

1. Seeing others enjoying themselves in something that has been planned well and executed effectively. This can be a league, camp, special event or activity or a church wide promotion.

2. Working with a team to accomplish a goal. I love a team getting together and being excited about something and then going out and getting it done and seeing God work through that. My sports background gives me this. I love being on a team that is excited and on the same page.

3. Spending time with family, friends and others talking, eating, and being in genuine fellowship with others. This can also be celebrating an end of season, a time of ministry or just with a group of friends and others.

I love to work with young families to invest in their interests and not just their kids. Most of what we do in sports ministry is working with parents and not just their children. I am comfortable with most age groups, but really the 18-44 year old is where my sweet spot is. I am a people person and am very comfortable in groups and am flexible with who I can work with.

Marriage/family issues
Parenting
Health/fitness

[A]bilities

I have served in Sports ministry for the 10 years of full time work I have done. I currently do not have a job as my position at the church I was serving was cut due to budget and financial issues. It was not due to any failure on my part.

I have worked with college students and volunteered in children’s ministry. I also have been an adjunct professor teaching Sports Ministry and Christ in Culture classes.

I am comfortable speaking to groups of people. I am a good organizer and administrator. I am flexible and work well with others. I am teachable and love to also coach others as well.

Recruiting, training, and maintaining coaches and volunteers.
Effectively youth sports
Social media and how it can be used for ministry.

A love for people and being relational with others.

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

Leader

Team

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

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

I was 8 years old. My Dad came to know Jesus through a Church softball team. After seeing my dad get baptized, it made Christ very real to me. We had been attending Church and once I saw this, it wasn’t too much later that i meet with the Pastor and gave my life to Christ.

Northeast Christian Church, Louisville, KY. Recreation Ministry Associate. Summer of 2003 and 2004.

First Baptist Church of Grand Prairie Texas. Family Life Center Ministry Assistant. August 2006-July 2008.

Johnson Ferry Baptist Church. Marietta, GA. Recreation Associate. August 2008-May 2010.
Campbellsville Baptist Church, Campbellsville, KY. Activities Pastor. June 2010-May 2018.

Working with Northeast Christian in the summers of 2003 and 2004 confirmed my calling to full time Sports Ministry and the impact that can have for Christ.

Going to seminary and also learning what it means to live and function on my own away from home or family. I was also married in that time and growing together with my wife apart from being at home while also getting a Master’s Degree and working shaped the man I am today and the work ethic that comes with that.

Working at Johnson Ferry Baptist church and understanding how to truly run a Sports ministry well and do it in a way that’s effective in both sports and ministry results. I would also add becoming a Father and raising kids along with my wife is the most rewarding thing someone can do!

Leaving the church for a season after the ministry my family was involved in was removed from the church. While I was away from church involvement in middle school, when I came back, my faith became my own and allowed me to truly understand what it means to have a relationship with Jesus.

When I had soldier surgery in college and my athletic career was never what I thought it was going to be. It taught me to handle adversity and stick with something even if it wasn’t what you thought it would be. I stayed on the team and forged great friendships and be part of some great experiences.

I recently lost my job at my church. I don’t know how this is going to shape me yet, but I am looking at it as an opportunity to show my kids how to handle adversity and what God can do when you rely on Him in any circumstance. I can already see God’s hand in our family through this and that if we lean on Him, we will land exactly where He wants us to.

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. Running a successful sports ministry with a strong presence in the community.

4. Being the house where people want their Kids to be and a place where neighbors can come when they need something or just want to drop by.

5. Be able to travel abroad on mission trips.