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

Thank you Lisa Williams 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):

75%

100%

93%

75%

50%

84%

87%

78%

90%

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 sharing my Faith with anyone young or older who needs to know the Saving Grace of Jesus. My Daddy raised me to pray and search for myself the truth of the scriptures and not just believe what someone else told me. Don’t just pray, I also learned to listen to my Heavenly Father

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Nothing is greater than leading someone to the Lord and watching them accept His amazing gift of eternal life and the change God makes when He is allowed to lead and direct them.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I enjoy learning from other Christians and then sharing that knowledge with others.

[H]eart

1. Share God’s love and encourage others. To look and listen for Him in all places and things.

2. Sing Sing Sing! I love to worship through music!

3. Smile and be ready to help others in any way I’m able.

Youth has always been my passion. Teaching classes, taking them on trips or simply being there with a smile. I also enjoy leading adult classes and walking through life with them.

Music New Christians needs

Homelessness
Financial stewardship
Spiritual laziness

[A]bilities

Caring for my family. 91 yr Mom-in-Love, my husband, my Son-in-love and daughter who has Cancer (they both lost their jobs in Pennsylvania and moved in with us) tight quarters but God is showing and teaching me to WAIT and TRUST HIM WITH EVERYTHING!

Owned and managed a Barber Salon for 17 years by myself, Chaperoning many youth trips with the Church and Schools. Cooking for large crowds through Church ministries

Singing, cooking, welcoming people and making them feel wanted and comfortable.

Sunday School for many years. Acteens (Baptist group only for girls , teaching them the importance of loving themselves and knowing that they are valued and loved by God!

Smile!!! and letting others know that they DO matter and are loved! And of course I love to sing!

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

50-50 High/Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Team

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 born and raised in a Christian family. I accepted Christ as my personal Savior at a January Bible study and was baptized when I was 8 yrs old. I can remember going to school (3rd grade) the next day and telling EVERYONE! Even at such a young age I knew that I needed Him and have never doubted my Salvation!

First Baptist Church Crestview, Florida
Sang in Church Choirs throughout my life. I love singing about Jesus both Hymns and praise songs! 5 yrs Acteens leader….
5 yrs Sunday School teacher for middle and high school…. chaperoning many trips and Youth Camps 4 yrs Sunday School Department Director for young to middle age Adults….. 4 yrs Worship and Praise Team member

Woodlawn Baptist Church Crestview, Fl
2 yrs Sunday School teacher for youth.
3 yrs Acteens Director and leader 3 yrs Choir and praise team member

First Methodist Church Crestview, Fl 2 yr Choir member

Memorizing the Great Commission Matthew 28: 19-20 I believe that’s what we are here for! Being able to show people who Jesus was/IS and experiencing them trusting and accepting Christ as their Savior.

Having a Daddy that showed me how to live my life honestly. He had the same contagious smile and happiness at work, home, Church or at a store. I learned at an early age to show love, kindness and the meaning of integrity. To give to others in need happily without wanting anything in return. “It’s not a gift if there are strings attached”

Being a member of a Worship team and watching people lift their hands and voices to worship God for the first time without hesitation or embarrassment. It changed my life and my ability to worship myself, completely free to be led with His spirit!

Divorce I felt so guilty and couldn’t forgive myself and was always asking God why me? Then at a youth camp one of them ask to speak to me because his parents were splitting up. I prayed for God to speak through me because I didn’t have the answer, but GOD did! I learned that you can’t make someone else love you but God will never stop loving you! That changed both of our lives. I finally learned to ask forgiveness, leave my problems and sins at His feet and leave them there. He remembers them no more! I learned to forgive myself.

My Daddy passed away way too early in my life. I acted like I was okay but I wasn’t. I was never mad at God but wanted to know why? At his funeral it was standing room only and people from ALL walks of life were there honoring his memory. He gave so much to others and I never knew, no fanfare. People would try to pay him back and he said to share it with someone else in need and tell them about Jesus. That’s the kind of Christian I want to be!

Watching members of a Church fight about the color of carpet……we are human and are going to disagree but GOD comes first! We need to love and accept each other for who we are and to WHOM we belong. I learned what is really important, not what we wear or look like but in all things LOVE GOD!

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. singing for the glory of God again in Church

4. helping at Church where I’m needed

5. youth and mission trips