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

Thank you Mark Chandrapaul 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:

18%

62%

59%

65%

65%

43%

40%

65%

56%

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:
It bring my heart joy when I give to others. I am blessed to be a blessing.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
God showed me mercy, so how can I not show mercy to others. I understand that people make mistakes, if I can show mercy and point them to Jesus, then I know God will be pleased, and ultimately that person will know Jesus. I am patient and I do not shove people away because they make mistakes.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I grew up in church serving and doing set up, cleaning, etc. I have always enjoyed doing things for others, particularly those in need. It is very similar to giving. I love to serve the community, and have recently learned the importance of serving and how Jesus calls us to do so. Since I am going to be a physical therapist, serving is an underlying theme of our profession. So I can combine serving and being a witness to others.

[H]eart

1. Having fellowship with family and friends (whether it be food, games, etc) I have joy when I can simply be in the presence of people I care about. These experiences with friends and family where we can laugh and have fun are times I cherish.

2. Cheering on my favorite sports teams with family and friends.

3. Listening to worship music + participating in corporate worship to Jesus with the Church. I love to be alongside fellow believers and belting out songs to the King.

I love to work with like minded people who have the similar goals in regards to the specific project (like those who love Jesus, or similar professions like physical therapists). I enjoy working with people of similar age group (ex: 3-4 years age difference). But I do see the value in having elders to offer wisdom.

Church ministries that excite me: worship team, student ministries, global mission trips, church set up/clean up.

Spiritual laziness
Health/fitness
Other – students/young adults

[A]bilities

graduate student (physical therapy)

none

average skills in playing drums and acoustic guitar.

none. just have given class presentations or simple in-service.

loyalty/reliability

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

Follower

Team

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

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 grew up in a Christian home, and grew up in church. I came to my personal faith in Jesus during 6th grade.

Houston Tamil Church, Houston TX, Sunday school teacher (grades 3-5), 4 years

Coastal Community Church, Galveston TX, church set up volunteer, 1 year.

The last 2 years in grad school have been positive experiences. Though challenging in many ways, I have grown in many ways as well.

growing up in church and witnessing how my dad served joyfully and humbly. His actions influence me to serve Jesus and the Church in the same way.

having regular family prayers growing up. These have shown me how important it is to pray and read scripture together.

dealing with lustful thoughts or temptations.

witnessing health struggles with family members.

trying to respect/manage poor church leadership and trying to navigate through times when leaders were presenting the gospel in a way that seemed contradictory to what I was reading.

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 go on a missionary trip (both medical and to share Jesus with others)

4. to work with students/young adults at church (to be a friend/mentor)

5. to financially give and/or volunteer with organizations that are working towards ending modern day slavery/human trafficking.