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

Thank you Megan Manne 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):

31%

53%

53%

46%

53%

28%

25%

46%

50%

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:
This is surprising because I’m not usually very bold in sharing my faith, but I am an open book typically, which includes letting people know where I find hope and encouragement, which is Jesus.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I always try to have a word of encouragement on my tongue because we all need it at one point or another.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I care deeply about those who are considered “less than” in our world.

[H]eart

1. Spend time with family and friends

2. Serve needy families/children

3. Snuggle babies

Children/Babies/Youth

Children’s ministry and youth ministry

Poverty/hunger
Educational
At-risk children

[A]bilities

3rd grade teacher

Photography

Photography

Showing people they are valued

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

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

I don’t remember a time when I didn’t believe in Jesus as Lord. However, it was in high school that I realized that, if I believed this was true, my life needed to show that. Throughout the years, there have been some very painful situations from not being sure of our twins would survive back in 2008 to having a mom who is very sick, to experiencing great grief in the churches we have called our homes previous to Crosspoint. God has always been the Rock in whom I can lean, and the depth in which I find my relationship with him has only grown as life goes on.

Kent City Baptist Church
Kent City, MI
4 years as youth group leader, 1 year as Women’s Bible Study Leader

Village EV Free Church
Dyer, IN
4 years as youth group leader, and I also led some Women’s Bible Studies, as well as taught in the children’s ministry

Westbrook Church
Hartland, WI
3 years in Youth ministry, Women’s Bible Studies, Small group leader

Marrying Jake and joining him in life and ministry.

Having our 4 kids – they are close in age, and we went through a very trying time with our twins especially. 2008 has forever changed me

Graduating college and teaching – I love having an influence on kids and their families each day

Losing friends/family to death, especially deaths that occur too young – I lost a few friends at different young ages, as well as some friends’ parents.

Understanding others who are caretakers/affected by mental health issues

Being a NICU mom

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 somehow give back to families whose babies are in the NICU

4. Provide foster care down the road

5. Teach in an impoverished place, creating a healthy school for kids there