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

Thank you Matthew Evans 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):

71%

40%

56%

78%

84%

46%

46%

46%

75%

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 enjoy serving my fellow man, the down on their luck the disenfranchised. They are my spiritual equal , my brethren in this world. It is an honor and a privileged to serve them.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
The first part of my income goes to the church. My bounty is meant to be shared. The surplus I have after taking care of myself and my family is meant to be shared.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have a desire to teach coach and counsel. I feel that my life experience and training could be of help to others.

[H]eart

1. Family.

2. Honest work

3. Cooking for myself and others.

All ages but I most enjoy working with people my own age or just a bit younger.

Homelessness, feeding the hungry.

Marriage/family issues
Financial stewardship
Health/fitness

[A]bilities

Information Technology.

Automotive repair, cooking, sales.

Customer service. Translating technical language to layman terms with out getting condescending. Connecting with clients, becoming their advocate, not just a tech or sales person

IT tech involving routers, switches VPN etc.

Problem solving, thinking outside the box. I can fix anything, very handy with tools,

[P]ersonality

Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

Leader

50-50 Routine/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 was born a Christian, baptized Presbyterian. Attended church very irregularly as a child, mostly with my grandparents during the summer. In college I was active in the mormon church, whoops! Was baptized again and felt the holy spirit several times….so they must be doing something right. I became disenfranchised and put of with that church and “went into the wilderness” for about 20 years. In the summer of 2017 I started attending the vineyard north phoenix and came back in. At this point I was able to look back and see the power that Christ had in my journey even during the times that I did not acknowledge him.

n/a

going to school in europe in high school completely changed the trajectory of my life from a small town bumpkin to someone with and expanded cultural and world view.

Birth of my children. What a miracle.

Growing up on a ranch/farm and learning the skills needed to make that work.

Growing up with out my biological father and not really understanding why he did not want to be part of my life.

Failed marriage. With no real example of a good relationship in my life and watching my mother’s hard luck with love I was tempted to rescue the damsel in distress and married too young to a complete unsuitable person. This is something that I grew out of over many years

dropping out of college to work supporting my way too young family. Looking back I really would like to have finished my degree.

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. voluteering in homeless shelters/food kitchens.

4. missionary work.

5. way more giving.