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

Thank you Melinda Lobb 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%

46%

40%

53%

53%

34%

46%

53%

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:
I am able to follow instructions, lesson plans(not making them) and I have worked in nursery, daycare, kids Sunday School in the past

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
My husband and I believe in giving to help in portraying the gospel both locally and globally. We like to give to organizations that also have an eternal impact.
I feel we are called to give but I honestly don’t consider it a gift

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I want all whom I know and love to know Salvation in Christ

[H]eart

1. Hiking

2. Being with family

3. Reading historical fiction
Baking

I have worked mostly with children in the past but was also involved in a nursing home ministry so it honestly does not matter. I feel the little ones are like a sponge and so open to learning. The elderly can be lonely and feel lost and forgotten.

Outreach, having people feel welcome, missions – local and abroad

Abortion/sanctity of Life
Homelessness
Marriage/family issues

[A]bilities

Retired

if I go way back – waitress, daycare helper, nursery worker
Dental surgery assistant 30 years

nothing specific that I can come up with

children’s sunday school

I have been told I am well organized
I am discerning or so I have been told in the past

[P]ersonality

Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project 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 grew up in a Christian home and went to church regularly.
I accepted Christ and was baptized at age 8

My ex-husband was in the military and where we were stationed I was involved in Sunday school or nursery

West Valley AC church I attended for years and taught Sunday School and was involved in Take Out II – taking food (through the food bank) to shut ins who could not get to the food bank and also involved in nursing home ministry where we went on Sundays to give a church service –

Christ’s Church in Federal Way where I helped clean a house and served during “Lights Out” – and outreach during Halloween time

Living in Germany for 3 years

Family- growing up with Christian parents.
Becoming a mother and grandmother
Marrying my current husband – will be 30 years this December

Working as dental surgery assistant for 30+ years including going on a medical mission to the Philippines in 2010

Being abandoned by my first husband

Currently basically estranged from my youngest daughter and her 2 children

Not feeling close to my sister – we love her and talk but there is not that close friendship / Christian connection

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 volunteer in disaster relief

4. To help children in abusive or homeless situations

5. Joking aside – to play the violin on a worship team. I played for a couple years as a child. I currently can’t play but want to learn