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

Thank you Patty Steward 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:

40%

62%

59%

71%

65%

50%

40%

96%

65%

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:
it truly is a joy serving behind the scenes without the direct responsibility of being a leader.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I would gladly give it all away, all that i have to meet needs.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
If i could bear all the burdens of my love ones and church family , i would because i do not want them to suffer.

[H]eart

1. Greet people at church and BSF and encourage them and help the feel loved, wanted and mos important, loved by God.

2. I love to give offerings, things, and encouragement.

3. I love to see others succeed and continue to encourage more to reach for more of their dreams.

Children, teens, and other women.

I would love to encourage young women who are embarking on a new journey as a newly weds, young mothers, or new believers.

Marriage/family issues
Abuse/violence
At-risk children

[A]bilities

retired teacher

administrative assistant in an agricultural office; customer service; Weight Watchers leader; Admin Assistant in church office; Elementary/Jr. High Christian
school eacher.

I see the glass half full. I can speak in front of others. I like rules and follow them. I love to laugh.

I am a retired teacher and I have taught multiple subjects in a contained classroom and specific classes in Spanish, English, grammar and writing, Bible classes to 6th graders, geography, Sunday school to toddler and first graders.

Smiling and opening myself up to people, being vulnerable. I can calm and soothe others in crisis and in storms.

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

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

In 1980 I found myself married to a deputy sheriff, a mom to an extremely high maintenance 2 year old, and a full time commuting business office supervisor for the Pacific telephone. I was infertile and not able to have more children and had begun having a series of small strokes. I was definitely not perfect and fully stressed beyond what I could bear on my own. My childcare giver continue to share God’s love and His desire to have me follow Him. I was brought to the brink of total burnout and gave myself fully and completely to Christ. I was 27 years old.

Sunday School Teacher toddlers, 1st grade, Greeter at church and BSF, Connection Desk attendant, nursery worker, church secretary, Christian Women’s club chairman, prayer leader, barista at the coffee cart, cleaning crew, youth group leader, short term missionary to Mexico and Honduras, serving crew at fund raisers and banquets.

The mentoring I experienced from older Godly women.

The small group women’s Bible Study, especially BSF and Friendship Bible Study groups

The encouragement from fellow believers who encouragement to step out of my comfort zone.

I was on our church Deacon board when it went through a church split.

My pastor had an emotional and mental breakdown in church.

A very dear friend died from Colon Cancer just recently. Her family shut out those of us who loved her dearly and would not allow us to minister to her.

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. Build homes for the neediest in our country, Habitat for Humanity.

4. Serve 6 months a year as a short term missionary.

5. Minister to babies at the NICU in a local hospital.