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

Thank you richard sunkle 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):

31%

68%

84%

75%

65%

53%

68%

62%

68%

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 know how it makes me feel when someone encourages me. I look for ways to encourage others when they are in a valley.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I like to meet the needs of others when I hear of their $ problems.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I am prayer-warrior and pray for others to come to know and trust Jesus. I pray for divine appointments with individuals with an open heart.

[H]eart

1. Call or text others to see how they are doing. It’s been especially important during 2020 and the isolation many of us have been in.

2. Lead a small group from church

3.

Marriage/family issues
Divorce
Health/fitness

[A]bilities

Retired

Architectural and engineering positions for 36-years.
Retail paint sales.
Carpenter – built houses, apartments.

My friends call me Mr. Fixit. I will try to build or fix most anything and if I get in over my head I call a professional.
Others have told me I have a good singing voice. I sang in church as a teenager and in choirs as an adult. We performed in front of thousands at the Living Christmas Tree Concerts.
I was a good athlete when I was younger and now I act younger than I am. I was still snow-skiing when I was 69, two years ago. I ride my bike and hike or walk almost every day. No rocking chair for me!

Divorce

Loyalty

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

Peace Maker

Project Driven

Leader

Solo

Variety

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

I trusted in Jesus when I was 9-years old. There was an altar call at our church and I went forward and accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior.

Deacon at Grace Church – Worthington, Ohio (9-years)
Sang in the choir

Deacon and Elder at Grace Church – Powell, Ohio (20-years)
Small group leader (20-Years)
Co-Leader of GriefShare (4-years)
Co-Leader of DivorceCare (6-years)
Met with couples in crisis marriages and pre-marital counseling
Sang in the choir

Small Group leader at North Coast Church – San Marcos, CA (4-years)

I was divorced 35-years ago, my wife had been unfaithful. We had been married for 11-years and had no children. This negative event changed my life and drew me closer to the Lord. I got “real” with Him and have been a changed man since.

I re-married 33-years ago to a widow with three young boys. God was our match-maker. It was a blessing to find someone to love again and to be the step-father to my boys.

I have 3-key Christian men in my life who I have known for 50, 35 and 20-years. They sharpen me like Proverbs 27:17 states.

Going through a divorce gave me a whole new perspective on what that means. Previously I had a very low opinion of divorced people; that they gave up too easily. I realized one person cannot keep the marriage together if the other is bent on its demise. Years later we started a ministry at our church – DivorceCare. This helped other divorced people work through and heal from their painful experiences. This gave them hope for the future.

Being married to a widow gave me a close-up view on how painful that was for her. She started a ministry at our church – GriefShare and I assisted her. We saw God’s healing hand on those individuals.

I have a sibling who has estranged herself from my other two sisters and me. This has given me empathy for others who have strained family relationships. I am motivated to pray for others who are experiencing this too.

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. No orphans in the world would be without a loving family.

4. Homelessness would be a thing of the past. Everyone would have a home of their own.

5. No abortions would occur in our country and around the world. All unwanted children would be adopted by families who are unable to bear children.