S.H.A.P.E. Assessment Results
Thank you Anne Reiter 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):
71%
62%
65%
46%
46%
68%
59%
40%
75%
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 enjoy speaking. I have spoke and led events in the past and am not too afraid of being in front of people. I enjoy creating concise, clear and spirit led messages – and find importance in taking adequate time to do so. I like communicating as well and finding the best forms and ways to best communicate with my audience. I appreciate clear, encouraging, and direct communication that reaches those who need to be heard.
This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Organizing, big picture planning and strategizing are important to me. I am not always the best at carrying out the plans amidst the thorough details to the end. I do feel gifted in the ability to move this involved in a common direction. I enjoy helping weed through the differing perspectives of a group to find a common direction and goal.
This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
This is a skill I have noticed before and been told about but am not sure how it plays out or how best to foster it.
[H]eart
1. Community Building – unification
2. Empowering & Encouraging
3. Teaching or Planning Direction
Verdict is out on this one. I do love working with teens but not sure if this is still so or if this is changing…
Abuse/violence
At-risk children
Health/fitness
[A]bilities
mental health counselor
Event Management, planning & Programming
Management & Leading
Staff Leadership & Management
Preaching/Speaking/Teaching
Training Others
Youth Ministry
Customer Service
Community Building
Strategizing
Singing
Group leadership (probably minus the little details – If it were my job than yes, but outside of my job I can tend to fall behind on the little things, time wise)
Leading others in study
Story sharing
Teaching or Training
I have a newer interest in whole person wellness & fitness — still exploring this
Mental Health topics
personality things
used to lead various Red Cross Classes
If I have the information at hand, I am pretty well able and feel confident to lead a class or seminar
big picture organizing – organizational structuring
communicating
people skills
[P]ersonality
Extrovert
High Risk
People Driven
Leader
Variety
| 1. 2 Likes Control | 4 Enthusiastic | 3 Sensitive | 1 Reserved |
| 2. 3 Firm | 4 Energetic | 1 Non-Demanding | 2 Practical |
| 3. 3 Likes Challenge | 4 Promoter | 2 Enjoys Routine | 1 Factual |
| 4. 2 Problem Solver | 3 Mixes Easily | 4 Relational | 1 Perfectionistic |
| 5. 3 Bold | 4 Fun-Loving | 2 Thoughtful | 1 Detailed |
| 6. 2 Goal Driven | 3 Optimistic | 1 Patient | 4 Inquisitive |
| 7. 2 Strong Willed | 4 Motivator | 3 Good Listener | 1 Accurate |
| 8. 3 Takes Charge | 4 Very Verbal | 2 Loyal | 1 Predictable |
| 9. 3 Determined | 4 Popular | 1 Dislikes Change | 2 Orderly |
| 10. 1 Competitive | 2 Group Oriented | 3 Sympathetic | 4 Analytical |
| 11. 3 Purposeful | 4 Inspirational | 2 Nurturing | 1 Precise |
| 12. 4 Action Oriented | 3 Likes Change | 2 Peace Maker | 1 Scheduled |
| 31 Total | 43 Total | 26 Total | 20 Total |
Your Primary was ‘The Otter’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Lion’, 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
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
[E]xperience
I was born and raised in a Union – Presbyterian/Methodist Church – Being involved and serving was always something encouraged in my family and I found excitement in. In youth group I often took the lead in envisioning and planning opportunities for our group – looking for new & challenging opportunities. I was involved in FCA in HS and until then I knew how to “practice” being a Christian but wasn’t sure how to communicate and relate to the Lord. I then became involved in camping ministry at the end of HS and fell in love – I felt like I had finally found something that matched my enthusiasm, joy, energy, love for the Lord and sharing His love, and sense of adventure and fun. I worked in this and prepared in this for about 5 years until God changed my path and I feel like this was one of my first tests of obedience and surrender. I was then led to youth ministry and then eventually off to grad school to become a counselor. I feel my faith journey has definitely been a continual process of sanctification and discovery, and a continual process of owning my faith and my relationship with God.
NLCC – last 2 and a half years – Filling Station, women’s ministry events here and there, strategizing in relation to “community” engagement, praise band (for about a year)
Lake City Union Church – Iowa – Youth & Family Ministry Pastor (4 years), church choir (growing up), church leadership, various committees (leadership & membership, supporting ministries such as food bank/food pantry, community outreach & connection, special event planning, various mission trips
Camping Ministry – 4 years/Presbyterian Camp on Okoboji – 1 year/Lakeside Presbyterian Camp, Lakeside, MT
my various experiences in camping ministry – program opportunities, relationship building, experience creating, planning & programming, energizing & fun, leadership challenges, team work
living abroad – adventure, learning and figuring out new cultures, embracing opportunities, trying new things
joining in relationship with others
youth ministry challenges, from when I was a youth pastor
failed relationships
wrestling with my own periods of depression
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. hmmm this is going to take some pretty strong reflection, may have to get back to you on these ones!
4. hmmm this is going to take some pretty strong reflection, may have to get back to you on these ones!
5. hmmm this is going to take some pretty strong reflection, may have to get back to you on these ones!