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

Thank you Rachael Cox 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:

56%

87%

71%

65%

56%

43%

84%

40%

81%

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:
Though naturally introverted I feel a compulsion to introduce people to Christ and support them in their faith journey, especially with those from different cultures

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I prefer to mentor and support ministry leaders and disciple a few. I like to think strategically in terms of whole church vision and direction

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have a passion to help/inspire others to learn and grow in their spiritual journey

[H]eart

1. To connect strangers/newcomers with others

2. To learn about other cultures that are different from my own and build friendships

3. to disciple/mentor individuals in their spiritual growth and ministry development

Adults, young adults and those from different cultures

Our general vision and direction, our outward focus, our response to the increasing ethnic diversity of our city and the plight of refugees worldwide

Spiritual laziness
Educational
Other – ethnic diversity, integrating and supporting displaced people

[A]bilities

Teach English to Speakers of Other Languages
Pastor – working mainly with newcomers and internationals

Discipleship of a group of young Christians
One/one coaching and mentoring of ministry leaders

I have been exploring Ignatian Spirituality and would like to explore this area in the future through Spiritual director training?

Discipleship, outreach, ESOL teaching skills,

My interest in including and learning from people from other cultures, helping them integrate and succeed in NZ

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

Challenger

Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Solo

Routine

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

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

Through my love of the outdoors and being invited on a tramp with a Christian group, the beauty of creation and personal relationship with God the group introduced me to , I opened my heart to follow Christ.

Tandem ministries: Campus staff, trainer of new staff, mentor of ministry leaders, helping set vision/direction at local and national level.

Lincoln Rd Bible Chapel intern – coordinated Mainly music and supported the mothers Bible study, initiated groups to explore Christianity, saw two mothers and families come to faith.

Eden Community church: supporting the community ministries; especially Mainly music , ESOL class. Integrating new people. Helping with vision and direction. Premarriage counselling.

First mission trip to India and overseas travel with family when younger

Helping others in their faith journey eg Nan He and her family all coming to Christ and now integrated fully at LRBC and her role now as Head Teacher at LRBC Childcare.

Pathways internship at LRBC helped me develop ministry skills in a community context (after years in a university setting).

My mother’s sudden death age 44 (I was 20)

Samuel’s birth and death in 1995 while beginning the ministry at Waikato Uni

Loss of our home and investments, having to start over.

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 plant a church community suitable for those exploring faith from Middle eastern backgrounds

4. to spend more time connecting and building true frndships with seekers

5. to spend time in a cross cultural (overseas?) setting one day