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

Thank you Nick Zieber 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:

90%

81%

84%

75%

53%

68%

62%

62%

96%

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 have spent a considerable amount of time teaching others. I like to spend time reading and understanding things and then explaining them.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Rather than being the front-and-center leader I prefer to take up supporting roles to make sure that the goals of the organization are completed. Usually this means I take responsibility for a number of ad-hoc tasks. Sometimes this requires delegation or other forms of problem solving.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
By nature I’m an encouraging person. I like to talk to people and understand their troubles to see if I can add encouraging words.

[H]eart

1. I like to sing and play music.

2. I love animals and like to spend time with others who love animals, too.

3. I like to experience other places outside of my comfort zone and try to find ways to help people.

I love to work with professional creatives, usually musicians, artists, designers and architects. ages 25-45

Working with high school students. For me, high school was a profound time of self-discovery and I feel I can add value and mentorship.

Marriage/family issues
Poverty/hunger
Educational

[A]bilities

Product Manager for a startup company

Tech Recruitment – connecting people. Teaching – Taught English in China for two years.

I can play music and speak multiple languages

finance / economics / business / startups

I treat all people with respect

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

Leader

Team

Variety

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

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

[E]xperience

I grew up in a Christian household, but felt very strongly about it at a young age. I prayed with a pastor of a church camp when I was in the 5th grade and was baptized shortly after.

Most of my life I’ve been helping to serve in the church . All 4 years of high school I served on the “crew” for the high school ministry. In college I spent 2 years living at Christian living facility owned by the church and served the college ministry.

In college I spent 2 years living at Christian living facility owned by the church and served the college ministry.

I was part of the worship team throughout high school & college

A number of years ago I felt God had called me to give up my guitar to someone who had recently lost his in a taxi that never returned it. My guitar was my most expensive possession and I eventually chose to give it away. Years later I saw the same guy using the guitar that I had given him to play songs with his 3 year old daughter. I knew in that moment it had been a truly defining choice in my life.

I received a scholarship in high school to live in Japan for one year. I attended a local high school there and believe this was the first step in God leading me to Asia for a greater purpose

I chose to move to Shenzhen, China for two years hoping that I could learn to speak more Chinese before I was too old. It has shaped my world-view and made a big impact on who I am today.

My first attempt at getting a visa to work in Hong Kong was rejected and I had to pack up everything and return home to the U.S. It showed me that some big life decisions take multiple attempts over a long period of time.

I went through a deep period of depression and anxiety and extreme uncertainty about the future. During this period I found out that a friend of mine who I cared about immensely decided to take her own life. This was eye-opening and I suddenly understood how I could relate with others going through the same kind of pain.

During the financial crisis I found out first-hand how quickly others would try to take advantage of me as a young person trying to find work.

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. I would like to sing and play music with others in a church setting

4. Find ways to bring the world’s poorest out of poverty

5. To use my creative abilities to influence and encourage others