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

Thank you Loreen Mills Juran 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):

40%

40%

37%

68%

28%

25%

34%

75%

71%

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 don’t have gifting to lead an organization but to support the leader…have their back.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love to study the bible and then lead discussion and encourage learning in a small group. I’m willing to dig and look for the detail in studying the word.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
God has blessed me and I want to bless others. Being retired, I don’t have the opportunity to earn more, however, my money and all that I have is he Lord’s.

[H]eart

1. Studying the Word and sharing what I learn with a small group. I am more reserved than outgoing and more contemplative.

2. Serving my church. I’m detail-oriented and dependable and will take on tasks that others don’t want to do. Financial, HR and business matters is an area of meaningful service for me. Serving the Oregon Conference of Free Methodists in business, HR and encouraging those in the ordination/pastoral roles.

3. Encouraging others. As an introvert, I’m not as outgoing as most but I look for ways to encourage and pray for others.

Men and women, from young marrieds through seniors. People struggling with mental health issues are most difficult for me.

Financial integrity, encouraging the leader in areas dealing with staff hire & managing effectiveness, administration, process, business decisions

Spiritual laziness
Policy/politics
Other – Those who are unseen/unheard

[A]bilities

Retired for 5 years. I’m volunteering about 15-20 hours each week with the church and conference

Risk management, HR, interim department director positions (public works, finance and IT) to clean up staffing, processes and work management matters to prepare for new management lead, co-led citizen visioning process, elections oversight at local level, records management, managed municipal court, governmental financial accounting and investments, hiring/managing/ transitioning out employees reporting to me, coaching employees reporting to others; part of exec staff team at organization for 20 years

negotiated contracts with franchise holders (utilities, cable, solid waste); prepare and manage bond prospectus process to increase bond rating at local level; rewrite/update city ordinances (not land use); negotiate contracts for professional services and leases (legal services, architects, insurance providers); managed major building upgrade (architect through contractor oversight); manage records for trial/suits; negotiated (as part of management team) union labor contracts; etc.

Many local government matters (selection of professional service providers; responding with a risk perspective to events; responding with a PW perspective to emergency events; preparing employee witnesses for trial; how to write an ordinance/resolution; managing records; transitioning service to another governmental entity; successful negotiations with public utilities; etc.

Get along with people and encourage them

[P]ersonality

Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

50-50 Routine/Variety

Your Primary was ‘The Beaver’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Retriever’, and here are the descriptions of your Personalities, and how they can be used for God

Beaver- Organized. Beavers think that there is a right way to do everything and they want to do it exactly that way. Beaver personalities are very creative. They desire to solve everything. Desire to take their time and do it right. Beavers do not like sudden changes. They need reassurance.

Strength: High standards, order, respect
Weakness: Unrealistic expectations of self & others, too perfect.
Limitation: Seeing the optimistic side of things, expressing flexibility

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

[E]xperience

I first accepted the Lord as my savior when I was 5. After a failed marriage, I was angry at the Lord for a bit and strayed but came back and the Lord is my salvation and joy.

At Northside the last 31+ years: nursery worker; greeter; floral committee worker then lead; choir member; delegate to conference; treasurer, board member; board chair; loss control; personnel/HR person; banking relationships; small group leader; offering counter

Newberg Four Square Church – 5 years. Nursery worker; developed weekly bible reading/notes for bulletin.

Newberg Friends Church – 8+ years. Babysitting; worked in nursery; youth group leadership team (during HS); choir member.

Loving Christian parents and other adult Christians who spoke into my life

Birth and raising my two daughters

Small Bible study groups (participating in them and leading them) which built accountability

Emotional breakdown & hospitalization

Divorce

Miscarriages (several)

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. Small group/bible study attendance or lead

4. Encouraging young leaders

5. Helping seniors be heard and seen