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

Thank you Marguerite Dippenaar 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):

50%

37%

62%

50%

71%

46%

28%

81%

43%

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:
As I’m still learning, serving is a background activity that doesn’t require a lot of understanding of God’s teachings only a willing heart.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have a great depth of compassion and an ability to place myself in someone’s shoes as if it were me living with the choices they’ve faced.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I see the good and have a positive look toward the future and sharing that with others is not hard for me.

[H]eart

1. Learning. Learning is my biggest focus in life.

2. Listening. Listening and being there for someone facing challenges

3. Giving of my time. I may not have many resources but time is something I can give. Time spent with someone who feels alone, someone who needs a good laugh would love my laugh and my presence.

Older people who are lonely and would like a ray of sunshine to laugh along with.
People facing hardship such as broken relationships or feeling lost

Homelessness
Poverty/hunger
Abuse/violence

[A]bilities

I work as a receptionist and accounts payable clerk. I am studying accounting

Working with an autistic child to take him out on weekends to give his parents a break and to do fun things to be a friend

Empathy.
This is hard for me to list skills or talents as I dont really feel anything I can do is exceptional

I have lead a table at book study at FAC in Boundaries and Safe People and Changes that heal

Compassion and Empathy

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

Leader

Solo

Variety

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

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 separated from the faith as a young teenager after my grandmother died suddenly and there was much upheaval in my life. Almost 10 years later I realized I was been called back to God. I’m sure He called much sooner than that but I was finally ready to hear Him. I felt broken and beaten up and returning to Him was like coming home. I still have many doubts and moments of feeling lost which is why I truly feel my story is very much unfinished. I believe and that’s a start but I have much to learn.

I have been a coleader of a books study group: Boundaries and Safe People at FAC in 2013/2014.

Attending the book study Changes that Heal and Boundaries. I learned a lot about what was wrong in my life that caused me problems and how to start fixing those.

Finding my way out of the fog of depression has changed who I am and how I respond to things significantly so has resolving my past anger issues. Many steps to these not just one key thing.

Immigrating from South Africa to Calgary in 2004. Starting a new life.

Immigrating from South Africa in 2004 Leaving behind all my family and everything I knew and hitting a gigantic wall of depression in 2006/2007

The loss of my Grandmother in 2003 and feeling like my family was falling apart piece by piece from 2003 till 2010

Growing up not being understood and being seen as less than equal and having to fight for a voice also being bullied by many many different people including family members.

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. Spending time with lonely people in need of laughter

4. Listening/Learning and helping homeless people

5. Working with those who’ve been bullied or those starting a new life