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

Thank you Kevin McCreary 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):

65%

75%

65%

62%

37%

56%

31%

18%

81%

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 love to coach and mentor people for the purpose of helping them accomplish/achieve more than they could on their own. This is a vital part of my vocation.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Life experiences and great mentors have provided me with insight and knowledge of God’s great plan. I get a sense of fulfillment when I can share these pieces of my life to assist someone else who is seeking or struggling in their daily journey.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Much of these gifts have been part of my vocation in the business world. I have gained great experience and believe that I possess strong leadership qualities that enable me to motivate and develop organizations and individuals to accomplish goals and objectives.

[H]eart

1. Share my life’s experiences for the purpose of helping others grow.

2. Spending time with my family and close friends.

3. Organizing and leading a group of individuals for the purpose of achieving a common and meaningful outcome. Like to be responsible for solving issues and problems that create struggle at home or in the workplace.

I enjoy working with all ages of folks but love children and young adults. Also, due to the recent death of my wife, I have become very intentional about sharing with those who have lost a spouse and are going through the grieving process.

In the past I have been privileged to serve the church in, both, governing and spiritual leadership roles. I would like to find ways to get involved in similar types of roles in the future.

Marriage/family issues
Spiritual laziness
Other – widow(er)

[A]bilities

Business Executive and Leader

Sales, Marketing, Promotions, Operations

Leadership, coaching, communication, forecasting, organizing, planning, motivational, directing, strategizing, consulting, influencing, public speaking

Business Leadership, Sales, How to Beat Your Competition, Sales Management, Sunday School

I believe that I have used my business status and position to serve those under my influence rather than being served. I take the greatest pride in seeing others develop under my leadership and guidance.

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

50-50 High/Low Risk

Challenger

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

There wasn’t any “defining” moment that I can look back on and say that was the specific event. I was raised by a Christian mom and I was around the church on a regular basis from the time I was a 7 or 8 years old. I was fortunate to have a number of great mentors that inspired me to deepen my journey with God. Several of them are still part of my life today.

Prior to attending Grace Community Church, I was raised in the Presbyterian church. During those years I was involved in many different aspects of the church ministry and leadership. At Westminster Presbyterian Church (Boardman, OH) I served as a youth leader and Sunday school teacher.

During my years locally at Cranberry Community United Presbyterian Church(CCUPC) in Cranberry Twp., PA, I served in various capacities. I, again, served in a youth leadership and Sunday School teacher role along with other roles such as serving on the Board of Deacons, Board of Elders (church Session), and as the chairman of the capital campaign that raised the necessary funds to build a new church addition. During my time at CCUPC I even had the privilege of giving the Sunday sermon on a couple of occasions.

Meeting my wife when I was 15 years old and having 43 incredible years together. She was an inspiration and unbelievable influence in my life.

Playing competitive sports taught me valuable lessons about teamwork and overcoming setbacks and failures. I was blessed to be able to play 3 sports all through high school (football, basketball and baseball) and earn a college scholarship for baseball.

The birth and subsequent raising of our two daughters. I learned how to better love and serve unconditionally. Through the past 30 years I have been so thankful in God’s guidance as I can see the result in our parenting efforts. I now enter the next phase as I will become a grandfather later this year.

The recent death of my wife.

The loss of my job while raising our children.

While living at home with my parents, each year we bought Thanksgiving dinners for several families that could not afford to provide for themselves. We delivered the meals individually to each family’s home where I saw how tough life was for these folks.

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. Go into the ministry

4. To create and fund a foundation that provided support to families raising children with physical and mental disabilities

5. Form and lead a charitable organization that raised money to provide medical treatment to homeless and disadvantaged families.