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

Thank you Rena 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):

81%

87%

75%

56%

59%

78%

81%

28%

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:
I love to share the truth about the Bible and the hope that God promises for us

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I can organize and arrange people and systems for efficiency.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
It is compelling to me to come alongside of people, not just with love, but with God’s love and his truth.

[H]eart

1. Being in social situations with friends and family; Community and socializing with people;

2. Working creatively on a task or project with a team;

3. Leading others or entering into spiritual conversations and activities.

Energetic and positive people; creative people who explore outside the box options.

Chaos and confusion and being given the opportunity to bring order and clarity; spiritual formation and spiritual identity

Abortion/sanctity of Life
Marriage/family issues
Spiritual laziness

[A]bilities

Full Time ministry

Therapist, Sign language interpreter.

Spiritual direction and Lay counseling/peer counseling and mentoring.

Prayer, spiritual gifts, leadership development and discipleship

Welcoming and inviting, friendly and loving.

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

Leader

Team

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

Grew up Roman Catholic and a relative shared the gospel with me in high school and that started me on a journey to understand the Bible and find truth.

Lay Counselor and Spiritual Director, Laurel, MD – 15 years

Women’s Director – 7 Years, non-Denominational Evangelical Church, Laurel, MD – 7 years

Children’s Director, Connections Director and Executive Director, non-Denominational Evangelical Church, Fulton, MD – 10 years

Entering into the Deaf community and learning sign language.

Getting married, having children and being a mom/parent.

Traveling within and outside of the USA

Being betrayed by friends and co-workers.

Walking alongside of women who have had abuse in their lives or betrayal and watching the devastating effect it had on their lives.

Watching people die.

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. Own & operate a retreat & spiritual direction center

4. Run/Hold evening vespers in a chapel twice a week.

5. Have the time to have open houses and potlucks