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

Thank you Sherry Konczak 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):

62%

90%

96%

81%

90%

71%

68%

78%

75%

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 can see what God has done in my life, and it helps me to encourage others as I can related to certain issues.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love sharing the gospel with others, because I want everyone to know the God I serve. What He has done for them, sending his Son to the cross.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
God has shown me mercy from my sin and because of that I have compassion for others. I know what I have been saved from so it has given me mercy for others.

[H]eart

1. My heart beats for the nations. I want every tribe, tongue, and nations to know Jesus.

2. Abused and battered women. Women who have been physically and sexual abused. I want them to know their freedom lies in Christ Jesus.

3. I do like spending time with people and learning their stories and what they have been through, and to be an encouragement.

I love to work with women of all ages also people who don’t have a voice for themselves.

I love when church has community so we all can feel accepted and have others to do life with. What concerns me is, I have served on church boards before, and I dislike church politics. I have seen in split churches and believe we need to do a better job at accepting everyone.

Poverty/hunger
Abuse/violence
At-risk children

[A]bilities

Missionary

I have been a Nanny for 10 years before moving overseas, A Children’s Pastor, Operator at a hospital, and retail.

I am organized, love to cook, serving others, and I am good at DIY crafts and projects, I like to make things.

Right now I am currently teaching English to ESL learners. I have also taught at Women’s Conferences, and Children’s Evangelism classes.

My heart to serve those in need, that have nothing to give back in return. I don’t do it to make a name for myself, I really don’t care about that. I care that Jesus name be glorified.

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

Follower

Team

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 gave my heart to the Lord at 21yrs. old. I had been abused as a child physical and sexual, so growing up in a home where we were forced to go to church but behind closed doors all these hypocritical things were happening, I never wanted to serve God. Then while my stepmom has high on drugs she invited me to go to church. I told her, “if she never mentioned God to me again, I would go to church with her this one last time.” God, does have a sense of humor, that was the day I gave my heart to the Lord. My intentions for going was so the Pastor would see what a hypocrite my stepmom was doing drugs and then wanting to go to church and pretend like nothing was happening. So glad God grabbed a hold of me that day.

I have serve as a deacon and Children’s Pastor at a very small church, while in Bible College and upon graduating. I served there for 6 years. It was called Columbia Heights Assembly of God, in Mpls. Mn.

I also served as a Children’s Pastor for an International Church Plant. To be honest that experience is something if I were to do over, I would have said no. It lead me to burn out and swearing off ministry. I did not want to stay in ministry anymore. I took a 3 year break where I went through extensive counseling.

I also serve as a Missions Coordinator for a Missions House our church had. It was a house that missionaries on furlough could stay in while stateside. I served on the Missions board at Cedar Valley Church in Bloomington, MN for 6 years before God called me to Thailand. Also was involved as a leader for Children’s ministry at the same church. Served as Women’s Ministry Leader at a church in Thailand

I believe serving as a deacon has helped me know some of the ins and outs of how churches function. Also that I was able to be a part of making decisions regarding the church.

I loved serving as the missions coordinator for our churches Missions House. I got to meet missionaries and hear their stories from the areas where they served. Being able to serve by watching their children and just giving of my time.

Serving as a Children’s Pastor and Women’s Leader as lead me to be a co-founder of a non profit called Bloom International. Our passion is to see women know who they are in Christ to also Empower, and Encourage them.

Being physically and sexually abused as a child has given me a strong passion to help those children and women who have been through the same thing.

Having served with the church plant that lead to much negativity and low self esteem in ministry, actually has shown me how I never want to ruin any ministry I am involved in. I am so grateful for the years of counseling I went through for healing.

I have extreme compassion for those who has suffered abuse, lack of finding their place in ministry, and for those who don’t have a voice for themselves. I believe my experiences in life has shaped me to be a more compassionate person.

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 finish my devotional book, and write more

4. For Bloom International to expand to all of Asia

5. to find a spouse who shares the same vision and passion I do for ministry