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

Thank you Lorreen Kieschnick 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%

62%

75%

65%

40%

43%

56%

59%

78%

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’ve served in a “teaching” role throughout my career and I believe the principles of teaching can be applied to any subject, including faith, church, and Christ. The more comfortable I am with a topic the easier it is for me to share, mentor, and guide others who are less familiar. I get great satisfaction from observing others learn something new and being a part of their knowledge journey!

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I am organized and serve in a leadership role in my profession. I perform and manage administrative functions on a daily basis. I have never had a role in any church community, but I believe my daily activities and my years of military service lend to adapting administrative and management skills in any environment.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
It is my experience that those who turn towards us for support and encouragement are open to receive our advice and counsel. I balance the need to share my thoughts on what they need to hear and what they must hear. Rarely do I keep hard truth from those who need it, but I wrap my words in a way that hopefully allows them to understand I care about them and believe there is great strength and action in truth.

[H]eart

1. I love to cook and share a meal at the table with family and friends. There is something grounding and satisfying about making a meal from scratch and then exploring a variety of topics and fellowship with others around the table. Food is an opportunity to allow others to share in comfort and ease. I’ve found a home cooked meals tends to break down barriers for discussions and the fellowship over these meals is amazing!

2. Mentoring family and friends through difficult times or decisions. I am typically able to listen to the words people say and understand the importance of the things they do not say. It is very fulfilling to me when the discussion ends and the person has ideas or things they will explore further based on things we worked through together.

3. Growing and strengthening my marriage. I love my children and find great joy in them all and I believe aside from the role of God in our family, the relationship between a father and mother is the next most important pillar. We’ve been married for almost 18 years and have had the typical ups and downs everyone experiences. Today we are stronger than ever in part to our growth with Christ and our commitment a few years ago to focus energy on our marriage.

At this stage in my life I prefer to work with like minded people, meaning those gathered for the same effort and outcome. Because I deal with so many challenges at work I prefer to spend my non-work time with people who I don’t have to expend a lot of energy getting “on board” with the plan! I am comfortable working with all age groups and personality types. I prefer to work with people exuding positive energy as that helps pull me up and motivates me as well.

I’m newly back into the church after about 20 years of only attending on rare occasion. I don’t believe I have a really good read on what current issues exist that might be of concern. The only thing I have my finger on right now is sharing the acceptance for all people at Park Valley and how the message is communicated in a way that allows everyone an opportunity to have their heart touched. I guess if anything, I would want to share with those like me (people who accepted Christ and then turned from “church”) that an opportunity to exist to grow and share in a church family like Park Valley.

Drug abuse/recovery
Marriage/family issues
Parenting

[A]bilities

I am currently the Deputy Security Director for the F-35 program, working in Crystal City. I lead a team of approximately 48 security professionals on the largest acquisition program in the Department of Defense.

Retired Air Force MSgt, Security Forces. Worked traditional military security functions as well as program security roles my entire working career.

Owner of a small business lo KEE Aromatics, an aromatherapy business. Due to the intensity of my “pay the bills” job, my small business is on hold until I can put more energy into it and my aromatherapy certification.

I have been teaching and facilitating students since about 2000 regarding my profession, security. I have not served in a designated “instructor” role, but as part of the positions I’ve held over the years I’ve been tasked with training security professionals and organizations on all topics of security.

Listen to people and get to the source of their issue rather than remain focused on their symptoms. I am able to speak truth and bring attention to the root of what needs an individuals attention rather than getting distracted by trying to fix, or resolve, the symptoms.

[P]ersonality

Reserved

Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Team

Routine

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 attended several churches as a teenager out of curiosity. Many of my friends participated in religious activities so out of a social desire and enjoyment of the activities I also participated. I was active in Young Life, a christian based youth group hosted weekly by a student in their home, lead by youth pastors, and open to all young christians regardless of church affiliation. When I was a senior in high school I was attending an Assembly of God church most frequently and it was there I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.

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Growing up with a foreign mom who taught me to be giving and accepting of all others and growing up with a “step-dad” who I only referred to as my dad who taught me to accept people for all their faults and that it is possible to love someone as kin even if that’s not how your relationship started.

Having each of my three children has been challenging and more rewarding than I could have anticipated. It is with my children that I fear the most, fear of failing them, fear for their safety, fear for their health. I never knew how powerful love could be for a human created of my own flesh and blood, but it’s the most wonderful experience of my life.

Joining the military straight out of High School. I went into a male-dominate career field and had to learn how to hold my own and define my own boundaries and terms. I made friendships that endure unlike any other and developed an appreciation for discipline and integrity I wouldn’t have gotten staying home. Meeting my husband while stationed in Minot ND and growing through all the differences in how we were raised and how our families behave. He is my anchor and it is by his side that I’ve grown the most into who I am today.

Growing up (birth to 6 years) poor with a drug addicted mother. I have very clear memories of that time and they are mostly disheartening. My mother has been clean since I was 6 and growing through sobriety with her (and attending endless N/A and A/A meetings) allowed me to see the determination of those battling to stay clean and the heartache when they relapse.

Becoming estranged at the age of 14 from my biological father and a strained relationship with his other children, my younger half-siblings. The complexity of family dynamics is challenging and I have compassion for those who, like me, struggle with finding a balance between resisting toxic relationships and sticking with it because it’s family.

Living far away from family all of my adult life has been a great opportunity to grow, but it has been very hard to be so far away from the center of my life. I have a lot of compassion for people who are away from family and feel alone or without a support system.

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. go on a missionary trip

4. establish a youth program like what I had in High School

5. fully establish a backpacks for homeless program