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

Thank you Terry Ludkey 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):

75%

84%

71%

78%

65%

78%

62%

59%

84%

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 feel the presence of Christ in my life and I am eager to share with others what He has done for me and for what He can do for them.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I spent ten years as a middle school teacher before I became an administrator. Even in that role, as an administrator, a great part of my service was in teaching others how to be better teachers.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I believe that all that we have been given is a trust from God and intended to be shared with others. I realize that there is a great need for many kinds of support and share what we have, financially and in kind, with others.

[H]eart

1. I enjoy the time that I spend daily in the Word and in devotions to the Lord in prayer, the Rosary, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, and other sources.

2. I enjoy the blessing of being able to spend most of every day with my beloved wife and sharing a life of faith and love with her.

3. I enjoy keeping up with family and friends through e-mail and ZOOM.

I enjoy working with older people with a developing or abiding faith.

I am excited to be a lector, a Leader of Prayer, a small-group facilitator, and a participant in Father Randy’s Friday morning Bible study.

Abortion/sanctity of Life
Homelessness
Poverty/hunger

[A]bilities

As a retired public school teacher and administrator, my current vocation is to serve Christ in any way that I can and to be a good husband to my beloved wife.

I have been a wedding photographer, a special needs aide to high school and early elementary students, a supervisor of student teachers, and a dealer-trade driver.

To teach, to administer and organize, to supervise, and to be a change agent. In four different school districts I held a leadership position in the transition from junior high schools to middle schools.

The characteristics of middle school students and effective methods of teaching them, elements of great teaching, student scheduling, school finance.

My love for others.

[P]ersonality

Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

Leader

Team

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

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 was born a Christian into a Christian family. I don’t remember a time when I was unaware of Christ, what He has done for me, what He expects from me.

1973-1983, St. Patrick’s, Hollandale, lector, EMHC
1983-1990, Nativity of Our Lord Parish, Ashwaubenon, lector, EMHC, parish council

1990-1997, St. Albert the Great, Sun Prairie, lector, EMHC
1997-2001, St. John’s, Prairie du Chien, lector, EMHC

2001-2004, St. Patrick’s, Elkhorn, lector, EMHC
2004-2016, St. Mary of the Nativity, Marshall, lector, EMHC, adult server, RE teacher
2016- , St. Dennis, Madison, lector, leader of prayer, EMHC, small-group facilitator

Being married to a profoundly special woman

Being a public school teacher and administrator

Having a terrific group of friends

Being a public school teacher and administrator

Having jobs early in our marriage that didn’t pay very well and forced us to live frugally

Encountering the limits placed upon me by advancing age

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. to share my faith with others

4. to facilitate the goals of others in church leadership

5. to live in such a way as to be gifted with eternal life