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

Thank you Jeff Schuster 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):

78%

75%

59%

71%

46%

59%

59%

46%

84%

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 love teaching and having intellectual and spiritual conversations with others. As a business leader and coach, I have always loved training others .

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have a good sense of how to organize, plan and execute complex solutions. My engineering background and general love of problem solving has helped me with this.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I like to connect with people where they are without judgment. This has often allowed me to have a dialogue with them without turning them off to Jesus.

[H]eart

1. I love my business coaching practice. I believe sound business is a great way for people to create wealth while doing something they love and it’s my passion.

2. I love recreation and travel… enjoying God’s creation and having fun.

3. I love my family and have empathy for those who are going through family troubles. While I don’t feel as comfortable helping out others in their families, I believe I do have something to offer in this regard.

I like working with all kinds of people. Toddlers are my favorite as they have so much honesty and are so authentic. I also love working with men or women who desire to be leaders within their workplace or their homes.

I like interface opportunities between the church and its local community. I also love helping in children’s ministry.

Financial stewardship
Educational
Policy/politics

[A]bilities

Business and Life Coach

Mechanical Engineering
Facility construction & renovation
Energy efficiency and renewable energy

Great at math, financial, technical, and analytical challenges. Also have talent for having deep conversations with coaching clients and others seeking spiritual advice.

Creation science
Leadership
Starting a business

My ability to think critically and empathy for people who are in a different place than me.

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

Leader

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 had grown up in the Catholic Church, then was brought to the Assembly of God church in my town where I was quite involved in my youth group. I was not engaged in church for a long time after going off to college. When my daughter was born, I decided to get heavily involved to better support what I believed and ended up quite engaged with our church, small groups and my wife and I were baptized. Not that sexy, but that’s my story.

Mountainview Community Church – 3-5 yr old Sunday School

Mountainview Community Church – Elder

Mountainview Community Church – Small Group Leader

Mom taking me to Pentecostal Catholic Bible Studies and eventually Biblical church.

The birth of my daughter to force me to come up with answers.

Engagement with my Friday men’s group at Mountainview Church.

Poverty as a college student

Hard work harvesting fruit in the orchards near my in my youth

DUI as a college student that taught me humility and respect for the law

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. Live a life that matters in a way that pleases God

4. Successful coaching practice where I impact thousands of people for the better

5. Travel and enjoy life