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

Thank you Lindsey Scales 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:

68%

59%

90%

62%

93%

59%

53%

65%

68%

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 always have an open heart toward the abused, under-priviledged, impoverished, neglected and person who society overlooks for various reasons. This has been a trait of mine since childhood that I can’t seem to move away from. No matter what a person has done I always have a soft spot in my heart for them. When it comes to wrong does I believe that those who hurt others are often victims themselves.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
When others are feeling down or going through a difficult time I am happy to encourage them and lift them up. I often can see the goodness in others who may not see it themselves and I when I see someone wanting counsel or someone to talk to about their issues I have a listening ear and I give good advice. When I exhort others I don’t look for their gratitude or acknowledgement of my help. I just hope that I can give them something to work with and keep moving forward in their life.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I am not often eager to be in charge of projects or groups, but I do enjoy planning events and projects. I also do well with organizing information and making sure that other receive the information they need to carry out tasks. I most consider myself to be an assistant to a Coordinator as I don’t usually like being the boss.

[H]eart

1. I love helping others find information and get access to resources that can improve their situation. I do this as a librarian most of the time.

2. I love learning news things and reading about new ideas and ways to do things.

3. I love traveling. Going on trips out of state and overseas are things that I love to do.

I am comfortable working with children and adults of all ages.

Intercessory prayer, teaching, outreach ministry, food service ministry, and praise and worship.

Poverty/hunger
Educational
At-risk children

[A]bilities

College Librarian (Information Professional)

Food service, retail and merchandising, tutoring and I am a certified barista through Starbucks. LOL

I speak a little Spanish and understand a lot of it. Typing, organizing information and planning events and trips. I enjoy arts and crafts and I also enjoy working with small children.

Spanish language and I teach various seminars at work to students.

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

50-50 Routine/Variety

Your Primary was ‘The Retriever’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Lion’, 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

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 became a Christian at a very young age. I was raised in the Church of God in Christ Church and spent a lot of time attending church and ministry with my grandmother who was an evangelist. I have strayed away from Christ as an adult and returned to Christ in the last ten years when I decided to dedicate my life to God again.

Power of Change Christian center in Cahokia, IL as a praise and worship member for the youth choir.

I have also served on the praise team and sang in the choir at various churches as a young adult.

As a child I visited several nursing homes with my grandmother to minister to elderly residents and pray for them. We also played music for them and had bible study. This experience taught me the value of service to others.

In high school I had a travel abroad experience to Spain that gave me a global perspective. Since then I have taken other trips abroad and would love to take part in some trips for ministry. I believe that it is important to make global connections and let go of prejudice to accept everyone no matter who they are or where they come from.

Becoming a mother has had a very big impact on my life and the way I see the world. It has made me more protective and concerned with family matters. I have always loved children, but becoming a parent takes that perspective even further gives me a desire to make the environment a better place for our future generations.

Negative experiences in higher education gave me the motivation to do better and achieve my goals as an adults. I am proud that I never gave up on going to college and graduating. I also try to encourage other with similar challenges to do the same.

As a child I did not get to have relationship with my father and it hurt me very much. Sometimes I feel still hurt by the thought that my dad didn’t really love me and was never there for me. Then I would project that onto my relationship with God and feel a denial of his love, but I’ve learned that God’s love is unconditional and he isn’t like humans and this gave me the ability to love my own father unconditionally. We have a better relationship now and I know that he loves me.

As an African American woman, I have experience several prejudices and discrimination in our society. I know that I am not alone and that others experience the same everyday. Some of the discrimination I experience in the past limited my opportunities and cause me to become depressed. One time I even lost a job due to some discrimination at a job, but I overcame those issues and moved on. Today I’m still learning new ways to overlook these issues and focus on what I want to do with my life and would like to be an example to someone else in my shoes.

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. I would love to volunteer at a hospice or hospital.

4. I would love to counsel at-risk or abused children.

5. I believe that going on a mission trip would be a great way to teach others and tell them about the love of Christ.