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

Thank you Ken Gustafson 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:

65%

37%

65%

53%

71%

28%

12%

62%

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 have learned from my own story that God has been with me and that together with him and other people is better than being alone

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I like to get things done and am not afraid to jump in…

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
We all need a coach in our lives to see things we don’t see and to encourage us when we don’t think we can do it

[H]eart

1. Spend time with family and friends

2. Help other people who are struggling find help and support

3. Work with other people to solve problems or develop opportunities to make our community a better place to live

I like to work with younger people when I have the opportunity. And with family members of addicted loved ones (age doesn’t matter)

I am interested in working with other men in our church to mentor and/or provide support to younger men in our church family who may not have had a Dad or male role model in their lives

Drug abuse/recovery
Parenting
At-risk children

[A]bilities

Retired manager

Marketing, Sales, Leadership, Coaching, Team building

See connections well…. ability to influence…. willingness to get involved

Mentoring

Compassion, Caring, WIllingness

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

Leader

Team

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 grew up in a Lutheran Church with older parents who religiously took us to church. Have always been involved in church in different capacities after our daughter was born. 34 years ago. Started to really develop my personal relationship with Jesus in the last 5 years… although God has always been there

Lutheran Church – Sunday School Superintendent, Committees

Community Church – part time staff member focused on Community Outreach –

Community Church – lead a men’s community group, served as a leader in our NEXT ministry, help where I can

Marriage/Becoming a Dad

Work experiences , ability to work with others towards a common goal

Volunteer work in the Community – seeing things I never saw before… and helping where I didn’t know help was needed

Lost my parents in my early 20’s

Made some poor choices related to work and entertaining

Impulsive

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. Work with Family Members of loved ones in addiction

4. Help Dads be better Dads (men’s group, training, etc.)

5. Be Actively Involved in the Lives of my Grandchildren when God delivers them