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

Thank you Katie Martin 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):

Administration

62%

Evangelism

87%

Exhortation/Encouragement

84%

Giving

87%

Mercy Showing

90%

Prophecy

75%

Pastoring/Shepherding

68%

Serving

93%

Teaching

81%

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, Serving (93%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I do enjoy preforming various tasks to ensure that others feel reached. I enjoy extending myself to others in various forms. I love to help people be more organized. I enjoy making processes more effective.

#2 Gift, Mercy Showing (90%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I enjoy giving to others in need in a sacrificial way. I am truly fulfilled when I am able to extend my resources to others. at night sometimes I think of various causes and cry myself to sleep.

#3 Gift, Evangelism (87%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love to tell my story to anyone who will listen . I want people to know how far Jesus has brought me and my family. I want those around me to surrounded by God’s peace and feel fully known by Him.

[H]eart

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

1. Helping others, especially foster children and broken people.

2. Encouraging Others

3. Organization

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

Mary, 60, warm, loving, gentle motherly type of lady
Jim, 40, kind , organized, professional , compassionate

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

Prayer walks around local communities. Reaching people with mental illness. encouraging troubled teens.

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

Homelessness
Abuse/violence
At-risk children

[A]bilities

My current vocation:

Other jobs I have experience in:

Special talents/skills that I have:

Resourceful. Organized. Great at talking to strangers.

I have taught a class or seminar on:

I feel my most valuable personal asset is:

[P]ersonality

The personality traits that best fit me are:

Extrovert

High Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Variety

1. 1 Likes Control	3 Enthusiastic	4 Sensitive	2 Reserved
2. 1 Firm	4 Energetic	2 Non-Demanding	3 Practical
3. 3 Likes Challenge	1 Promoter	4 Enjoys Routine	2 Factual
4. 3 Problem Solver	2 Mixes Easily	4 Relational	1 Perfectionistic
5. 1 Bold	2 Fun-Loving	4 Thoughtful	3 Detailed
6. 4 Goal Driven	2 Optimistic	1 Patient	3 Inquisitive
7. 1 Strong Willed	3 Motivator	4 Good Listener	2 Accurate
8. 3 Takes Charge	2 Very Verbal	4 Loyal	1 Predictable
9. 4 Determined	3 Popular	1 Dislikes Change	2 Orderly
10. 1 Competitive	2 Group Oriented	3 Sympathetic	4 Analytical
11. 2 Purposeful	3 Inspirational	4 Nurturing	1 Precise
12. 1 Action Oriented	3 Likes Change	4 Peace Maker	2 Scheduled
25 Total	31 Total	39 Total	26 Total

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

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

I have always felt God in and near my life. He brought me out of darkness. and he continues to bring me from glory to glory.

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

Lincoln Tech Campus Ministry 1 year mentor and prayer team.

Evergreen church planting 1 year prayer and financial partners

The Bridge Church Host Team 1 Year

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

Meeting my husband for the first time and God telling me he will be your husband one day before he ever even asked me out

Being discipled by my 1st ever Christian friends

Doing life together in a Christian community

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:

Being addicted to drugs

Being in foster care while I was 15 and pregnant.

Going through abuse as I was growing up

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. I would adopt children and also foster them

4. I would have about 10 acres to start an animal sanctuary

5. I would start a transition program for foster children who are now too old to be in states custody so they can easily transition into early adulthood