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

Thank you Sandy Morris 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:

37%

71%

81%

46%

71%

31%

18%

81%

59%

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 do enjoy encouraging others! I want others to hear the gospel and know the love and grace of God through the blood of Jesus. I am no better than anyone else and no one’s sins are greater than my own. I can relate to the hurt of others because of my own life and experiences. For me, helping another person to feel better (a word, a card, a smile, a prayer) is sharing the love of Jesus.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I enjoy serving and being in the background, not the spokesperson outfront. I enjoy people but not crowds. Sharing the message of Christ is important to me and I am more effective serving and helping those with more outgoing personalities than I have myself. If I am not recognized by man for my service, I am okay with that. I have no desire to be ‘known’ or in the spotlight, teach, or be a public speaker.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
This one surprised me! I don’t consider myself gifted at all in evangelism. I proclaim the gospel and what God has done in my life because without Him, I wouldn’t be here. I think I share the gospel as encouragement.

[H]eart

1. Reading and writing cards/letters – encouraging

2. Praying and journaling

3. Being with my family and being outside. I love my dog! I like to clean, too. Oh, and I exercised everyday before I broke my tailbone!

I enjoy working with elderly people and with people that need a friend, need encouraging (troubled)

I want to know more about the jail ministry. We have a good number of people in our church that have family members with addiction issues (substance abuse) etc. and I would like to see that addressed more in a public way. Often the one suffering has so much guilt and shame that they don\’t feel accepted and the family needs support but they, too, feel guilty and ashamed and judged so they suffer in silence.

Drug abuse/recovery
Abuse/violence
Spiritual laziness

[A]bilities

Administrative – Church Office staff

Banking / Finance

I am organized and I am good at budgeting

The only class I have ever taught is a SPIN class at the gym

Being genuine and real. I am sincere and honest. I strive to see good and God all around me and I try to live ‘less than’ and not be caught up in the material world too much.

[P]ersonality

Reserved

Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Solo

Routine

Your Primary was ‘The Beaver’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Retriever’, and here are the descriptions of your Personalities, and how they can be used for God

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

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

[E]xperience

I was saved at age 24 at Trinity Baptist Church. I did not always live ‘right’ and I wandered. God was with me through cancer and many years of my ongoing battle with Crohn\’s. However, it wasn’t until a few years back I really began a relationship with Jesus. It was cold, rainy night and I was in the middle of a bad neighborhood looking for Tori. I had not seen/heard from her in several days. I was scared and exhausted. I cried out to my Savior and He was right there with me! It was then that I began to understand the truth of the gospel and that HE is God of all things; in control of all things; loves me unconditionally and truly never leaves me. He is everything and I am nothing apart from Him. Nothing that I ‘have’ is mine – everything, including myself, belongs to Him.

Video Team and Prayer Team – current

Greeting /IMAGE Team – past

Ladies Ministry – past

Being raised by my grandparents – we were very poor but they raised me with love and morals. I am forever grateful for the life they gave me when my 16 year old momma could not take care of me.

Having Cancer and living with Crohns Disease. Crohn\’s Disease is humbling because it is all about going to the bathroom! Seriously, it taught me to see people as equal – or be embarrassed about going to the bathroom often … after all, everyone does it. 🙂 Cliche as it sounds, Cancer helped me to see that it is not about what you look like, it is about what kind of person you are. The body fails but the spirit lives on.

Meeting a man that loves God more than me. It took years for God to soften my heart to love and trust after my divorce. I was fiercely independent. Meeting someone that actually loves me (better) because he loves God most is an amazing life lesson!

Having a child with addiction/substance abuse torments

Divorce and being a single mom for 16 years

Losing my job after 19 years and my retirement along with it

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. Let those tormented by addiction, hurt by life, or feel (less than) know that they ARE LOVED! And to let their families know that it is not their fault and not to be ashamed.

4. Go on a mission trip (I am afraid to fly and I have anxiety about leaving home for too long)

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