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

Thank you Ryan 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:

87%

100%

71%

68%

62%

75%

84%

37%

93%

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 have been forgiven of much and want people to feel and experience that same freedom. I want to share the good news that changed my life!

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Christians are called to make disciples and we must do that in community focused on the holy inspired Word of God.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I thrive in leading teams and equipping them to accomplish all God has in store for that specific ministry.

[H]eart

1. I enjoy actively listening to people and their stories and sharing my journey of faith.

2. I love sitting down with a group of believers and digging deep into the Bible while also asking how it applies to their lives. Interactive discussions have proved to be the most meaningful to the groups I have led.

3. I love training and equipping believers for a task and then watching them use their gifts for the glory of God.

I love working with Christians who are hungry and desire to grow in their faith journeys. I have especially enjoyed reaching out to young adults.

I enjoy ministries that reach out to the community and make a difference such as block party’s.

Marriage/family issues
Spiritual laziness
Health/fitness

[A]bilities

Associate Pastor

coaching and college ministry

adaptability, strong work ethic, effective and passionate communicator, and team player

books of the Bible, parenting, youth ministry, DVD curriculums, and church membership

how I communicate, relate, and build rapport with people

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

Leader

Team

50-50 Routine/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

I was not walking with the Lord growing up. I was focused on sports and popularity in high school. At the end of my senior year of high school, I started to date a girl. In the summer, I found out that I got her pregnant. I was broken and did not know where to turn. Then, three months into the pregnancy, my cousin shared the gospel with me and my life radically changed.

First Friends Church in Canton as Assistant Director of Sports Ministry (involved for 3 years)

John Knox Presbyterian Church in North Canton as Associate Pastor (involved for 10 years)

Interfaith Campus Ministry at Stark State College in North Canton as Interfaith Campus Minister (involved 2 years in current role and volunteered for several years)

Working closely with a number of spiritual mentors who helped me in personal growth and ministry.

Co-leading a Bible study called “More” a year after coming to Christ.

Being asked to work at First Friends Church a year after being saved. It was through this experience that I felt called into ministry,

I talked to a priest shortly after my conversion and he shared that I was reading the Bible too much.

A leader from a church once asked me what if people from his church do not believe my testimony.

Being insulted by a man less fortunate because he felt my church was not generous.

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. to experience a revival in the city of Canton

4. that the Christian church would become united and focused on the Kingdom of God

5. to teach and raise up Christian in sharing their faith