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

Thank you Kaila Griffith 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):

53%

84%

68%

46%

59%

50%

59%

78%

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 truly enjoy sharing with others what Christ has done for me. The greatest thing that I can do for someone to show that I love them, is share Christ with them.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love serving the Church and others. The Lord has blessed me with this ability to help out when there is a need.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
God has blessed me with encouraging people in my life. My ability to encourage others is one of many ways for me to honor the Lord in my life and give to others what God has given me.

[H]eart

1. Work with children and youth.

2. Serve others.

3. Be a part of a community

Preschool – high schoolers.

praise and worship team, Youth ministry, Children’s ministry.

Abortion/sanctity of Life
Abuse/violence
At-risk children

[A]bilities

Elementary Special Education Teacher

over night Summer Camp Counselor – grades 2-12 and children/adults with special needs, Youth leader – grades 6-12, Sunday school teacher – PreK-2nd grade, Praise and Worship Team – piano/vocals

I grow in any position that I’m in. I enjoying learning from my experiences.

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

Follower

Team

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

I grew up in a home that honored, served, and followed the Lord. When I was in high school I started to seek out the Lord and what it meant to have a true relationship with him. My youth leader and I sat down and talked about what it meant to have a relationship with the Lord and we talked through the story of the gospel together. I accepted Christ in February 2010. It was such a special moment and day. I remember feeling so free. I know the Lord as my personal savior, my heavenly father, and the one who has died for my sins and set me free. God has abundantly blessed me in my life and I owe everything to him. I know that it is because of him that I get to breathe air in my lungs daily and serve him in ways that he has called me to do so.

Mountain View Church of God – Lynchburg, VA – Youth leader (grades 6-12): July 2017-May 2020, Sunday School Teacher(Prek-2nd grade): February 2018-May 2020, Praise and Worship Team(Piano and Vocals): May 2017-May 2020

Kentucky Mountain Mission – Youth Haven Bible Camp in Beattyville, KY: Camp lifeguard and Camp counselor for students in grades 3-12 and Camper with disabilities who were in 3rd grade through the age of 47. Summer of 2015 and 2016

Working with children, youth, and adults for two summers in Kentucky in one of the poorest areas in the United States and that time. Some of my coworkers at camp were from Paupa New Guinea, a third world country. The Lord used my experience at camp to impact my life in multiple ways. However, one of those ways was gaining a new perspective on my life through a friend and co-worker who was from a third world country.

Watching youth or a child accept Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. This has been one experience and lesson that the Lord has shown me over and over: our words and actions have power.

Battling mental illness through high school and college. Due to my own experience, I have learned to have compassion and sympathize with people who may be walking through trials in their life as well.

One time in college I was very sick and I had to be hospitalized for a week. I went from walking outside everyday to class and seeing thousands of people to being inside with no fresh air and seeing very few people I knew. I’ll never forget the day that I was able to go home. I walked out of the hospital and looked up at the bright sunny sky and breathed in fresh air. It was in that meant that the Lord showed me that air in my lungs was a gift from him and that alone is something to be praising God for daily.

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. Sharing with others my testimony and what the Lord has done in my life.

4. Working/Serving in an area of poverty.

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