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

Thank you Rueben Hand 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):

59%

78%

81%

40%

68%

43%

71%

50%

62%

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 am drawn to people that are suffering or struggling. God has given me a unique heart and ability to connect with people that others struggle to connect with.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I am not the especially outspoken, but I am unashamed of what Christ has done in my life and the lives of others. I rarely feel reservation in sharing that with people that need to hear it.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I understand and connect well with most people. I understand why people do what they do and evaluate their strengths and weaknesses at a higher level than most. I enjoy listening to other people’s passions or struggles and helping them connect those to the Gospel.

[H]eart

1. Working with youth. Abused/at-risk youth in particular. I enjoy coaching and investing in youth that have a specific need for it.

2. Connecting with other believers and listening to their struggles and passions. I enjoy connecting these with the gospel and helping others find purpose and healing that only Jesus can offer.

3. I don’t want to just pay bills until I die. I want my time and life on earth to have an eternal impact. I enjoy being part of something bigger than myself and my day to day responsibilities. I struggle most when I get stuck in a cycle of focusing only on my own immediate needs.

At-risk/abused youth. I connect best with ages 9-15

Discipleship, kids/youth ministry, mentoring.

Drug abuse/recovery
Abuse/violence
At-risk children

[A]bilities

Shipping and receiving specialist/ ride-share driver.

Teacher aid/human services, customer service

Minor experience/education in counseling/mentorship.

My ability to understand others and build trust/a relationship with others.

[P]ersonality

Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

People Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Variety

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

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 grew up in the church community, but didn’t start understanding the Gospel until high school. My parents divorced when I was 14-15 and God used that situation to force me to make a decision on which direction I was going to move in life; towards Him or away from Him. I chose to embrace His path for my life, though it took several more years for me to fully understand what that meant. God brought me from a place of feeling rejected and hopeless and offered me unconditional love and purpose.

Camp counselor (2010-present) at Royal Family Kids Camp. RFKC is what sparked my passion for working with at risk youth. I have also been on the advisory board since 2017.

I was also involved in the Kid’s Church at LCC from 2014-2017.

Small group leader (2011-present) at Vintage college ministries and Lumber City Church. I was an e-group leader at Vintage from 2010-2016 and then left that role to be a Life Group leader at LCC.

I was on the teaching/spiritual formation team at LCC 2014-2018. I helped write the weekly spiritual formation sheet and Parent-link sheet for Kid’s church.

RFKC sparked my passion for working with at risk youth. I began volunteering at camp the summer after my freshman year of college. It was my first experience working with kids and triggered a passion that shaped the rest of my college education as well as my passions for the future.

SCORE mission trip to the Dominican Republic. My high school sent us on a mission trip for our senior trip. I also helped organize groups the three following summers. God used those trips to spark an interest in becoming involved in ministry as well as a heart for over-sea missions. One of my goals is to eventually become a missionary.

My college experience, though expensive, helped me refine some of the natural gifts that God has given me. It played a large role in my development as a follower of Christ and a leader of others.

My parents’ divorce was a very difficult and confusing time as a teenager. Though difficult, it was what God ultimately used to draw me to Him. That experience has also helped me understand and identify with the youth that I have worked with.

Rejection and bitterness are things that I have experienced or at least felt often in a variety of situations. Though I still struggle with both, God has revealed Himself and His love for me most clearly at those times.

I have experienced depression and anxiety at various points of my life. My worst experience with it was likely the 1-2 years after graduating college. I felt extremely disconnected from God and the people I loved. I also experienced a seemingly never ending sequence of financial trouble. Though that season still hasn’t totally ended, God has used the last 4-5 years to reveal a toxic level of independence and self-reliance. I am slowly learning to rely on Him more instead of myself.

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. Becoming a missionary

4. Develop a ministry for abused children that replaces the cycle and hopelessness of abuse with the hope of the Gospel

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