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

Thank you Neena Ratner 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):

81%

93%

81%

68%

28%

78%

100%

68%

90%

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 love helping people and guiding them in the way, the truth, and the life (Jesus) who they were created for.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love sharing about who Jesus is and what He’s done in my life. How he’s redeemed my life for His glory and my joy.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love teaching people of all ages, especially children and one on one discipleship with women growing in their relationship with the Lord. I love taking someone from one step to another.

[H]eart

1. Being a wife and mom

2. ministering to women

3. teaching children

church planters, leaders, as well as women and children growing in their relationship with Jesus

reconciliation, leadership, restoration processes, discipleship pathway, process through membership, premarital and couples, and kids ministry

Marriage/family issues
Parenting
Educational

[A]bilities

church planting spouse, guest relations coordinator and connections ministry, stay at home mom

restaurant industry, hospitality, costumer service, management, teacher, director

teaching, leading, administration, quality and good work ethic, team player, good communication skills, patience

the Bible, policies and procedures in kids ministry, sharing your faith after being redeemed by the Lord

remaining faithful, steadfast, and with a character of integrity through hardships

[P]ersonality

Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

Challenger

People Driven

Leader

Solo

Routine

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

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

Grew up in a blended family, lost, and secular in Las Vegas, NV. Half my family is mormon, half catholic. Lived in NY for a couple years and had a transition of moving back to Las Vegas at almost 16, got involved in a Christian Church. Loved it and found passion and gifting in serving with kids, but didn’t know Jesus. Met a man who did Know Jesus and he gave me my first Bible, discipled me, walked with me. After realizing the idolatry in man, was delivered from bad relationships and even the good relationship with this man. God revealed Himself to me through His Word and I could see Jesus for who He was and that He was enough. I was created for Him. He spoke to me in 1 Corinthians 5, Psalm 37:4, Ecclesiastes 3, and the Gospels. He delivered me from addictions, insecurities, and idolatry, redeemed my life and has used me just like the samaritan woman. I was baptized after throwing off sin tangibly for 6 months, and I knew my identity in Jesus, and gained confidence in my salvation. I wanted to proclaim Him and show the picture and symbol of the Gospel through baptism. God brought the man who led me to the Lord back into my life and built us a strong foundation in Him, not ourselves. He said yes in Him and now we are married with 2 boys and 1 on the way. He has used our testimony and called us to plant a church in Las Vegas called WALK Church that is a thriving family that we love!

Central Christian Church, Las Vegas, NV, Kids Ministry Leader, Operations and Family Ministries Intern, 5 years.

Hope Church, Las Vegas, NV, Kids Ministry Leader, Teacher at Preschool, Pastors wife, 2 years.

Meeting with another pastors wife/ other ministry leaders and their wives before I even became one

Being a part of staff meetings and developing plans and goals creating an effective and thriving ministry

Loving someone with boundaries and for the glory of God rather than what’s acceptable in the world and for selfish ambition

being isolated in family functions, coming from a divorced family and into a blended one, always feeling like the black sheep which I then struggled with wanted attention and desiring self glory

negative ministry experience from a couple who had talent but not vision or a heart for the bigger picture and reconciliation

being delivered from a homosexual relationship when I was 18 and set free to walk in what I was created for!

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. Plant churches

4. Flourish in providing the best and most quality Kids Ministry and potentially preschool

5. Flourish in a discipleship pathway that my husbands writing and use for making disciples