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

Thank you Lindsey 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):

21%

62%

62%

62%

71%

37%

31%

53%

62%

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 tend to give people the benefit of the doubt. I believe everyone has their own story and sometimes outward appearances and situations can cause others to have preconceived notions of someone. I try to get to know someone before forming my opinions about them

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I like to quietly speak about my joy of jesus christ to others. I am not outwardly evangelistic. I try to be an example of the good work god is doing in me.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I am a nurse so I feel like encouragement and need to comfort people is in my nature.

[H]eart

1. Spend time with my family and being out in nature. Connecting with my kids and husband when there are not other distractions.

2. Have conversations one on one or in small groups. Discussing peoples feelings and emotions with life. Learning the struggles and success of people within their journey of faith. Having interactions with authenticity.

3. Lately has been joining my BSF group and digging further into gods word. I was a go to church on Sunday girl and now I feel like I am thinking about Jesus or trying to learn more on a daily basis.

Elderly

Volunteering in the community (I have not been doing this with kids). The growth of community within a church.

Parenting
Health/fitness
Other – Elderly care

[A]bilities

Stay at home mom of two kids.

Registered Nurse.

Compassionate, good listener, patient, ability to do not so attractive medical things.

n/a

my patience and thinking a lot about other people

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Team

Routine

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 have grown up in a christian household. My mom was very involved with the church. I had some situations in college that turned me away from big churches for a while. I was a go to church on Sunday person for a while and just recently have dug further into my faith and really started to learn and spend time in gods word.

Being invited to BSF by a fellow mom at my church. It took me a year to get involved but once I did, I have enjoyed it ever since.

Watching my mom volunteer and give her time joyfully in the church/school/community had a huge impact on me. I was usually along side her and saw that helping people out of the love in your heart can have a huge impact.

Having close relationships with my family (especially grandparents). Both my parents are the oldest and I got to spend a lot of time connecting with and bonding with my grandparents. I have always had a soft spot for elderly people. My moms parents were both in the medical field and that led me to show interest in it as well.

I have a half sister that has depression and a few family members that suffer from mental illness. I think growing up around that has given me compassion for others that suffer from that. It can tear people apart and bring up very strong emotions.

Tough relationships where you feel stuck or misunderstood. People can be overpowering and can sometimes make you feel lost and dependent on the other person in a negative way

Being emotionally abused my freshman year of volleyball. I was made to feel like I sucked and did not deserve to be at the school. Once that coach left, I was given the attention and time to improve. People were patient and got to know me and my struggles – I was able to grow as an athlete after that and earn a scholarship as a starter on the team.

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. Open a facility that improves the life of elders

4. take a mission trip/maybe medically focused

5. Foster a child