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

Thank you Olivia Kaplan 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:

75%

75%

90%

56%

87%

71%

59%

87%

71%

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 to focus on the positives in others. I am also able to see the potential in people and have a desire to pull this out of them to help them become the best they can be.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have a lot of compassion for others and can empathize with what they may be going through. I feel that it is important to show grace and love to people who may be struggling.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I enjoy being able to lighten the load of others and help wherever I am needed.

[H]eart

1. Spending time with others (friends, family, people who I enjoy being around and who enjoy being around me)

2. Traveling and seeing the world

3. Learning (about anything really- I enjoy gaining knowledge I didn’t have before)

Children and adolescents, marginalized people

I like being able to fill the gap- whether that means checking people in, running around to get supplies for classrooms, or doing administrative tasks.

Drug abuse/recovery
Compulsive behavior
At-risk children

[A]bilities

Social Worker (case manager)

In my professional life I have done case management and worked as an independent living specialist in a group home for adolescent boys. I have also worked as a desk worker and an RA in college, a community development intern in Athens, Greece, and a children’s ministry intern at my previous church.

I am sociable, able to assess situations quickly and problem solve, and am able to read people and see their strengths.

Independent living skills

Probably my house?

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

High Risk

Challenger

People Driven

Leader

Team

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

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

My parents were divorced when I was young, which led my mom to find a local church that we became very involved in. I was surrounded by incredible mentors who helped to guide me and teach me what it means to be in a relationship with Jesus Christ. I was involved in many of the ministry programs that the church offered and always wanted more. I accepted Christ in 5th grade through a Bible study program called small groups for kids.

South Park Church in Park Ridge, IL
I spent most of my high school and some of college years volunteering in various areas- mainly children’s and youth ministry (small groups, sunday school, youth groups, vbs, etc.)

When I think back on the way my faith, and my life, has been shaped, I don’t know that I can pinpoint 3 specific things. Rather, I think of the community I was surrounded by and the influence it had on my life. I have had incredible, Godly women who have taught me, lead me, guided me, and loved me so well. They are responsible for much of my growth and development. I have also been blessed to have the same group of close friends, that I met through church, since a young age. I feel so thankful to have had those people and those experiences.

My parents got divorced when I was young due to my dad’s drug and alcohol addiction. As a child, I witnessed various kinds of abuse and a watched my mom struggle as a single parent until she remarried. I think this gives me an ability to relate to people who have gone through the same thing or are in the midst of these struggles. I also went to a very liberal high school where, being a Christian, I was the minority. At first this was really difficult for me. I poured myself even more into the church and this helped me to critically think about what I truly believed and be able to talk about this and be okay with others not agreeing with me.

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. travel/see the world

4. spend time with people

5. run a residential facility or a group home