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

Thank you Timothy Weber 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):

46%

75%

65%

18%

59%

62%

56%

75%

81%

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 learning about the Bible and making sure people have a correct understanding of the Truth in Scripture and what it says. I get frustrated when the Bible is preached out of context (Passages like Jeremiah 29:11 or Philippians 4:13), and I want to explain the reality by telling people the truth versus the misconception.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Just like teaching, I enjoy preaching the Gospel to others, and I want to share the truth in love to others.
My hesitance in Evangelism is worrying about having the answers or tripping over my words.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I like to serve others, I think this often boils down to my willingness to give and sacrifice my time, but not my money. Whether that just be a personal thing to “make up” for the monetary giving I do not do, or whether it be truly a genuine love to serve I am not sure.
I know I do love serving and will jump at nearly any and every task to serve others, but sometimes I think part of my love is rooted in the guilt of not monetarily giving.

[H]eart

1. I love spending time in person with others, especially groups of people, and building lasting friendships with them.

2. I love learning Biblical truths and squashing misconceptions.

3. I love using the acting abilities God has given me in any and every scenario. Whether it be using my voice to narrate, using my physical acting to convey a story, or cosplaying as a different character to fully take on their being.

I love love love working with kids, specifically kids ages 3-6. (With some flexibility in the age group)

Some ssues that concern me the most are: The Gospel being mishandled or not preached at all. Often times Churches preach the Social justice Gospel or the Prosperity Gospel, and the fact they have to put a title before Gospel, just shows how far off they are. I also get concerned when a Church focuses more on their ministries than their ministry (Which should be preaching the Gospel).

Some things that excite me would be for starters, the flip side of that, churches that understand what needs to be preached, and how to handle Scripture properly. But also, Churches that love Children’s ministry and love missions. They understand that the Gospel is easiest to preach and be received to/by kids, And they understand that the Great Commission is something we are called to do.

Abortion/sanctity of Life
Educational
Other – Acting one way in church and another way out of church (Part of spiritual laziness, but specifically the living two lives aspect)

[A]bilities

Student (But also serving at Arrowhead Bible Camp)

Children’s ministry – via Babysitting, serving at VBS, AWANA, CEF Day Camp, Jr. Church, and the Nursery to name a few.

Acting, Voice Acting, Drumming, Singing, Acting Goofy, Preaching

Love versus Lust, 1 Thessalonians, 1 Peter 2, James, Living life like it’s your last day, total depravity, Worshipping without Worrying, Reading the Bible in context, how to cross-reference in Scripture, the story of David and Bathseba, The paralytic they lowered through the ceiling and Jesus healed, and many many other things.

My Optimism

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Team

50-50 Routine/Variety

Your Primary was ‘The Otter’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Beaver’, and here are the descriptions of your Personalities, and how they can be used for God

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

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 was raised in a Christian family and believed what my family believed, but I did not make the actual decision (As someone who leans Calvinist, that is not the best word to use, but that is a debate for some other time) to become a Christian till I was two years old. My older brother Chris wanted to know if I wanted to become a Christian, and I said yes. So he took me to our room, sat me on his bed, and he went through what being a Christian meant, and he made sure I understood and truly believed what I was confessing.
Then he walked me through the Sinner’s prayer which is essentially “Dear God, I know I am a sinner, and I know that I cannot save myself. I know that you came to Earth to die for my sins and take the punishment for me. I believe you rose again, and that you live today. I am asking for you to forgive my sins, and take control of my life, and I am accepting you as my Savior and Lord. In Jesus’ name, Amen!”

David’s Community Bible Church
1072 State Route 25
Millersburg, PA 17061

I have served on the Worship Team as a drummer, vocalist, sound technician, Worship producer, powerpoint runner, and planner from 2014-Present

I have served in Jr. Church from 2014-Present
VBS as a Co-Counselor 2013
VBS as a Music Leader and actor in the skits 2014-Present
AWANA Leader (Cubbies, T&T, Music, and Game Director) 2013-2020

Toddler Nursery Volunteer 2015-2016
Internship with Christian House 2016-2020 (But occasionally still now)

Youth Group – Literally helped shape me into who I am today, there is so much I did over the years that have molded me and helped me develop into who I am because of youth.

Children’s Ministry – I always knew I loved kids, but getting to help with them in various ways, has shown me how much I love pouring into the lives of little kids, and how much I love teaching and leading them.

Acting – There is so much of my life that I have spent acting in things from musicals to skits to sketch comedy. I have used acting as a way to use the talents God has given me to glorify Him, and I have also used it as a witnessing platform. There are also many of the friendships I have today because of acting.

Peggy Wright directing the kids’ music for Four Tickets. Very long story short, she was not good with kids, and even further, the parents knew how terrible of a teacher she was, but everyone was too frightened to speak up, and so her toxicity continued on until the musical was done.
This helped me to realize how not to lead, and how to try avoiding gossip.

Martin’s Produce – My boss Dan was not the best boss, he surely wasn’t the worst boss either though, but he did not give the best work environment.
He had very little trust in his employees, yet would hire people almost on the spot. He did not give anyone breaks, or let their voices be heard with new ideas. He was the boss, and that meant you could not argue with him in any way, even if it would improve your level of work. There was one point he accused my co-worker of stealing, which then led to this co-worker’s firing (He did not steal anything). This gave me an unhealthy fear for the rest of my time at the job, that I might be wrongfully fired at some point too. It shaped me into realizing that not every boss will lead well, and it has given me compassion to other bosses who sometimes fall short, but you can tell care for their employees or those under their charge.

One of my best friends and I had a falling out and after a long period of hurt, I finally grew to realize they had mostly been right, and I was the main problem. What makes matters worse is I have grown as a person since then, and I am at the point of knowing I could repair the friendship and be a better friend, however, we have lost complete contact with each other. It shaped me into lowering my ego, realizing I was a big part of the problem, and most of their accusations were correct, but it also helped me to be more careful in my friendships since then.

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. Proclaiming the truth to the world

4. Serving in Children’s Ministry

5. Using Acting to share the Good News