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

Thank you Ray caraway 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:

Administration

78%

Evangelism

71%

Exhortation/Encouragement

68%

Giving

78%

Mercy Showing

68%

Prophecy

62%

Pastoring/Shepherding

62%

Serving

81%

Teaching

62%

To see descriptions on the Spiritual Gifts and how you can use them to further Christ’s Kingdom on earth, visit this link.

#1 Gift, Serving (81%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
My mothers example. I enjoy being helpful and mindful of others needs.

#2 Gift, Administration (78%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I enjoy helping others use and express their God given talents and skills. I like to see time and resources used efficiently to glorify the one who gives them.

#3 Gift, Giving (78%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
It is joyful to give back to Him who has given us generously all good things. Espcially the promise of eternity with him!

[H]eart

Three things I love to do that bring joy and fulfillment in my life:

1. Welcome people to the church. Try to get to know strangers and find points of common interest.

2. Helping and supporting ministers in the church. Try to express the love that the church body has for its leaders, not because of what they do, but who they are in Christ.

3. Working alongside and supporting leadership. Meeting peoples needs, spiritual, financial, prayer and practical. Loving people to try to show Christ’s love.

Who I love to work with most, and the age or type of people:

Highly motivated, active, praying, and persuing service.

Church issues, ministries, or possible needs that excite or concern me the most:

Need for avenues outside of Sunday School to help young family’s learn and practice discipleship like Navagators Discipleship training.

*Mark the Top 3 from the list, that Trigger a Passion in You

Abortion/sanctity of Life
Homelessness
Marriage/family issues
Parenting
Abuse/violence
Divorce

[A]bilities

My current vocation:

Sales

Other jobs I have experience in:

Commercial flooring

Special talents/skills that I have:

Planning

I have taught a class or seminar on:

I feel my most valuable personal asset is:

Working to encourage and assist others to build bridges to share the gospel.

[P]ersonality

The personality traits that best fit me are:

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

High Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Solo

Variety

1. 4 Likes Control	3 Enthusiastic	2 Sensitive	1 Reserved
2. 1 Firm	2 Energetic	3 Non-Demanding	4 Practical
3. 3 Likes Challenge	4 Promoter	1 Enjoys Routine	2 Factual
4. 3 Problem Solver	2 Mixes Easily	4 Relational	1 Perfectionistic
5. 2 Bold	4 Fun-Loving	3 Thoughtful	1 Detailed
6. 3 Goal Driven	2 Optimistic	1 Patient	4 Inquisitive
7. 4 Strong Willed	3 Motivator	2 Good Listener	1 Accurate
8. 2 Takes Charge	3 Very Verbal	4 Loyal	1 Predictable
9. 4 Determined	3 Popular	1 Dislikes Change	2 Orderly
10. 4 Competitive	1 Group Oriented	2 Sympathetic	3 Analytical
11. 4 Purposeful	3 Inspirational	2 Nurturing	1 Precise
12. 3 Action Oriented	4 Likes Change	2 Peace Maker	1 Scheduled
37 Total	34 Total	26 Total	22 Total

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 brief testimony of how I became a Christian

Attended church entire life, but attended a non denominational bible church where in order to join each family met with the pastor to discuss their faith decision. As a young married person, determined that I believed in Christ but had never fully committed my life to him. Accepted Christ and was baptised. The loving example of my young wife and the exegetical teaching of the pastor lead to the conviction that i knew all about Jesus, but the personal relationship was missing. Now i enjoy a personal relationship through bible reading, prayer, fellowship and serving.

Ministry Experience (Where I have served in the past, if applicable, including ChurchName, City/State, Position, Years Involved):

Fellowship Bible Church, Dalton GA. A/V ministry, made cassette tapes of sermons ( pre-internet im older than i thought😊)

Deacon, Elder at CFBC. Welcome desk, help with projects

List 3 Positive experiences from the past that made a big impact on who you are today:

Married to one of the most giving, family oriented women I know. Deb studies scripture with a love and joy known to few.

Participated as young married couple in a small group ( not sunday school) that worked through discipleship traning that showed us how important spiritual intimacy is in a small group format.

Small group continued to be important in later years as we prayed with other couples. It forged deep friendships with the Hawkins, Lee’s, Apple’s and Gross`s.
I also participate in a bible study with Jim Ballew and Buddy Child’s who love and admire. We love many, many people at CFBC and we love our pastors and staff!

List 3 Negative Experiences from your past that have helped to Shape me, but also have given you great compassion for others going through similar circumstances:

Told by a pastor to leave CFBC when we visited to office of a pastor by appointment to discuss some concerns. Instead of offering to listen to concerns,
We were told if we had any concerns it would probably be best if we looked for another church.

Our early married life we were very challenged financially. I worked several jobs, retail sales, insurance sales (door to door😂) tennis lessons, etc. If someone is working hard, but is having financial difficulty, I believe the church should minister to help.

My father was good in many ways but he was sometimes abusive and demeaning to my mother. It taught me to do everything possible to honor God in my marriage and to put Deb’ s needs and concerns first, and I feel she does the same 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. Spend more time in the word

4. Serve others more consistently

5. Be more understanding and patient with family and friends