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

Thank you Lon Quinones 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):

68%

28%

40%

53%

31%

25%

21%

53%

40%

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 like being organized.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have always enjoyed giving to others.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Serving is very fulfilling.

[H]eart

1. Great relationships with family and friends.

2. Participating in an anointed music ministry that glorifies God and ministers to others.

3. Travel with family and friends

Kind-hearted, gifted, reliable, adult musicians.

Relevant, meaningful, anointed, inspired, and always very well prepared music ministry.

Abuse/violence
At-risk children
Policy/politics

[A]bilities

Analyst

Claims representative

Choral conductor; play piano and organ

Caring

[P]ersonality

Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

Leader

Team

Routine

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

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

[E]xperience

Mother took me to church; led me to Christ

Director of Music-Greenwich, 2006-present

Trinity Church-Organist, then Organist/Director of Music-8+ years

St. Paul’s On-the Hill-Organist/Director of Music-12+ years

I attending ORU, in Tulsa, OK. All students were required to attend chapel services twice per week. When I was at ORU, the Chapel housed a mammoth pipe organ that was amazing. I had never seen or heard anything like it! The organist, and my organ teacher, was one of the most gifted musicians I have ever met. The spiritual and musical experience changed the direction of my life completely. My organ teacher had studied with the most gifted organ teacher of that era.

Several music degrees from Shenandoah Conservatory of Music. I studied with, and befriended, magnificent piano, organ, and voice teachers. My conducting teacher was VERY, very demanding and studied with Nadia Boulanger. My piano teacher was from Russia, was very firm and had studied with Horowitz. During one of my last piano lessons, my piano teacher (who was usually quite stern and demanding) asked me to keep playing and playing because it sounded so wonderful.

Studied conducting with James Jordan at Westminster Choir College. At the end of a group lesson, he asked me to change three things. I re-conducted the piece, and he replied with the following: “stunning!”

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. Be able to work at church full-time. Have a music ministry with which the Lord’s perfect will is accomplished and with which He is well pleased. Have an anointed music ministry that includes the following: 1) A sanctuary choir that overflows the sanctuary and choir room and the choir is filled with reliable, kind-hearted, gifted singers who want to proclaim the good news in song and who will regularly sacrifice of their time, energy and talent; 2) an orchestra that plays several times per month; 3) vocal choirs and hand bell choirs for children and youth of all ages; 3) a drama ministry; 4) a liturgical dance ministry; 5) a concert series.

4. Lead music teams to minister to orphanges in Russia (or other places as the Lord directs).

5. Obtain a doctoral degree that will give me a greater biblical understanding of worship.