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

Thank you Lori Sommers 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):

56%

75%

78%

50%

56%

65%

46%

59%

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 love to help others and share my experiences that have shaped me into who I am and encourage others to live their lives fully for Christ.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Sharing how my story and experiences have influenced my life encourage me to tell and encourage others.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I enjoy speaking truth and teaching others the word and how to apply biblical teachings to our daily lives.

[H]eart

1. Spending time in nature whether it is hiking, camping, etc, brings me so much peace and joy. Surrounding myself with the stillness of nature helps me to feel calm and free. These surroundings often help me to feel closest to God as well.

2. I love design; graphic, interior, photography, etc. I love being creative and using my designs to help the well-being of others.

3. I love being in the presence of friends. Simply talking to people I can connect with gives me so much joy and encouragement.

I enjoy working with people youth age and older. I like working with people who also have a desire to learn and educate themselves and/or others. I enjoy helping people understand they are not alone.

I love seeing how the church designs their services and experiences each week and what is involved. I love the aspect of problem solving that is needed to give everybody the best experience possible.

Homelessness
Poverty/hunger
Abuse/violence

[A]bilities

I am an interior designer as well as a branding specialist.

I have worked in the customer service industry in the past as a waitress and tour guide.

I am a creative problem solver, I am generally good under stressful situations, I am detail-oriented

I have share messages about past missions trips to New York and Amman, Jordan, as well as other areas such as design.

My most valuable personal asset is my ability to listen, relate and communicate with people.

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

High Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

Leader

Variety

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

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

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 would describe my adolescent relationship with Christ as “luke warm”. Once I started going to Bible Memory Camp and attending my youth group, I felt a desire and a pull to know Christ better, not because the adults in my life encourage me to, but because I truly wanted to.

Prayer Team at Grace Church – Berlin, OH – 6 years (current)

Stage/set Design at Grace Church – Berlin, OH – designer – 2015-2017; 2018-current

VBS – Grace Church – Berlin, OH – group leader / floater – 2012-2013

Attending Bible Memory Camp growing up was an extremely influential part of shaping who I am.

Traveling to Amman Jordan in 2017 was incredibly eye-opening because it allowed me to see a new culture in a new way that is often perceived so negatively. The people that we visited were the kindest and most hospitable people that I have ever met. These people have shown me to see people for who they truly are and not how others perceive them to be.

Moving out my parents house and into another city was an extremely growing experience for me and taught me to be independent and mature.

I was in a very unhealthy relationship that led to me constantly feeling insignificant and insecure. I never felt good enough and was always being run down.

I was once a part of a bible study with a group of people who made the study unintentionally exclusive. It was extremely discouraging to see people who were supposed to be inviting to all people treat people like they were beneath them.

College should have been a positive experience, but I did not enjoy it. I received plenty of backlash for being a Christian on a very secular campus. I had a hard time surrounding myself with a support network that accepted me for who I was and not feel judged.

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. leading missions trips around the world

4. using my graphic and interior design around the church

5. speak to groups of people and share biblical teachings of Christ