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

Thank you Patricia Niemi 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):

50%

53%

75%

71%

65%

21%

12%

59%

28%

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:
Before my retirement, i worked in education, social work and personal health coaching. I worked with both small and large groups of children, adults and did public speaking. As a social worker, I did Child and Adult Protective Services, Pregnancy Counseling, Family/Parenting Education and the training and supervising of both Foster and Adoptive Parents. As a Nutrition Counselor, I taught small groups and Individuals in developing more healthy, active life styles, including teaching Diabetics how to reduce or eliminate their reliance on medications through better awareness of proper meal planning and the impact various foods have on their illness.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Although we are on a fixed income; through the Financial Peace Classes, we have learned to better manage our money and have been able to increase our giving to New Song Church, Your PER and other Christian Service Organizations.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
As both a teacher and social worker, I have a strong desire to help people improve their lives and have worked with many dysfunctional families and individuals. I have worked through court orders and helped restore children to a better functioning birth parents or cried with them as I helped them choose a family for the children they could not care for because they could not meet their needs. I have placed multiple “Special Needs” children with new families and supervised the new home placements. As A nutrition counselor, I have helped individuals to have faith and respect for themselves as they learn new ways of living, moving and eating, so they can do more for themselves and others.

[H]eart

1. Knowing God and knowing that he has intervened in MY LIFE, to save me from disasters such as breast cancer and car accidents.

2. Knowing that I am able to help others grow and improve their lives in a variety of ways through teaching, training, reeducation, understanding and example. I feel great joy when someone I have worked with says “Thanks for your help, I think I can do this on my own now.”

3. Traveling and experiencing other cultures and environments, helps me to recognize all the blessing I have in my life at home. It helps me put my “problems” into perspective and realize that I have a lot more I can do to help others.

I love working with people who are eager to learn and expand their horizons. Age does not matter if the desire is there.

I tend to think “outside the box”. I am more of a Why Not” rather than “We couldn’t do THAT” person. The fact that New Song is embarking on a new phase of growth, both physically as in members, and structurally, as is more physical space, is very exciting. Although I have some time limitations (I am the primary caregiver for my husband with dementia), I am able to computer research from home, share my ideas via email or via teleconferencing. I can also be present at meetings where it would be appropriate for my husband to attend.

At-risk children
Health/fitness
Disabilities
Other – Dreaming BIG

[A]bilities

I am retired from teaching, social work and health/ nutrition coaching. However, I would love to continue to use my knowledge and skills to help others in any way that I could given the restraints on my time.

Travel agent, Water Safety Instructor, Team Leader, Coaching one on one in health issues, especially Diabetes. Member of grant writing teams and agency goal and objective teams.

Photography, Cooking (both healthy and decadent styles), Weight loss exercise, Care Giver, Listening, Empathy, Understanding.

Swimming, Job Training and Preparation, Elementary and Middle School Education (Master’s in Ed. with Minor in Social Studies), Parenting Skills, Foster and Adoptive Parent Training, Investments, Financial Planning, “How Money Works for Teens” and Adults, Health, Nutrition and Exercise.

My smile and openness with others. I am willing to share my experiences with both groups and individuals. They in turn, usually open up to me and are often surprisingly open with discussing their own issues. I try to listen to both words and emotions when talking to someone. I am flexible and willing to adapt to new situations.

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

High Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Variety

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

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

[E]xperience

I was raised in the Catholic Church. I actively participated in Church activities through college, but then drifted away from regular attendance. After marriage, we participated in the planting of a non-denominational church; but left the church area when we moved to a new home. When my nephew married, we began attending their church. When it became difficult for us to travel the 45 minutes each way we looked for a new church home and knew from the first visit that New Song would become Church to for us.

N/A

Becoming a teacher.

Becoming a Social Worker.

I lost 140 pounds, and my husband lost 100 pounds, through Zacarias Ganey Health Institute. And then… going back to school in my 60’s to become a nutrition coach at that institute.

Surviving two very serious car crashes.

Surviving Breast Cancer.

Ongoing learning curve as my husband and I learn to live with his dementia and declining abilities.

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. Continue to serve others through my church and with increased financial support.

4. Find a cure for Dementia/ Alzheime’s.

5. Help my Nephew and Great Nephew develop stronger bonds through more time together. (His wife left him and he gets limited visitation rights at this time.)