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

Thank you Stuart Bertles 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:

25%

62%

46%

59%

56%

53%

43%

56%

56%

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 don’t mind telling people what Christ has done in my life and what he can do for them.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I know that everything is God’s and I want to try to be a good steward of the things that He blesses me with. (time, money, resources, skills)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have a soft spot for the child, adolescent, or adult that appears withdrawn, or reclusive, and I want to friend them and see if they can be drawn out to feel more a part of the group setting.

[H]eart

1. Family….Being a dad and husband, a brother, son, uncle…the whole nine yards, in the extreme traditional sense….I am quick to chastise those that promote relationships that are not as God intended…(too quick sometimes…it’s a fault that I am dealing with). God is actively dealing with my heart to not cause damage to His purpose by being to argumentative instead of showing love to my enemies….(those that attack the God planned family structure)

2. Motorcycles…..wind therapy…

Photography, hobby, not for pay…for fun!

3. Prayer. I was a part of a great men’s prayer group and it grew me up a lot in my Christian walk and while sometimes I am a bit timid about it, I do like to pray and intercede for others. I find that when my prayer life is “up to date”…then I feel most in tune with God.

I don’t know that I have that answer locked in…. I started out teaching SS with jr. high guys 25 years ago, then moved into young adults, then to 30 and 40 something adults….Now I kind of feel in limbo about where to serve. After caring for my aging parents in their last years and days, I have a great desire to see the elderly cared for with love and as much dignity as can be afforded them. Dad passed 1/11/16 and Mom 8/24/17.

Unity, anti-pettiness, outreach activities, post disaster ministry.

Abortion/sanctity of Life
Marriage/family issues
Parenting
Other – Elderly care

[A]bilities

Production specialist, chemical plant, (BASF)

light carpentry, light plumbing, light electrician work. Microsoft office apps…some, excel, some word, some power point.

I don’t know that I have any special skills to speak of…. i’m kind of a jack of many trades…master of none.

facilitated studies on Daniel, Ruth, Experiencing God (many years ago), Jon Ortberg’s “If you want to walk on the water, you have to get out of the boat”. Some of Josh Hunt’s dicipleship series. (years ago).

I don’t know that I have any special skills to speak of…. i’m kind of a jack of many trades…master of none. I can do a little bit of a lot of things.

[P]ersonality

Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

Project Driven

Follower

Variety

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

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

Eyes and ears were opened by a southern Baptist preacher vividly explaining sin, penalty, and eternal death separated from God. age 8.5

First Baptist Bridge City, Jr.High boys teacher, adult 2 teacher, adult 3 teacher, Deacon, assisted with some audio video.

Fellowship Baptist-young adult SS teacher, assisted with some audio video.

Winfree Baptist-Young married SS teacher for a short duration

Being involved in an active men’s ministry for helping members with home repairs.

Becoming a deacon and being under the wing of some elder deacons.

Being an active part of a men’s prayer group that met at different homes and at the church as needed.

Seeing the ugly pettiness in a church body about music, church attire, and other things that should not affect a body of believers in such a divisive way.

Seeing the “behind the scenes” power struggle and politics in a church that tears apart, and creates division for reasons that aren’t worthy.

Seeing pastors and music ministers treated very badly by a few opinionated members who think they are in charge instead of God.

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 have a disaster relief trailer, and travel to affected areas to help.

4. The ability to advocate and provide some form of joy for elderly folks in places like “the medows” in orange.

5. To find a way to make young people realize what it means to be committed to things…truly committed.