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

Thank you Becky Martin 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%

50%

59%

62%

34%

50%

34%

50%

65%

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:
As a teacher, I want my students to know and understand what they are learning, no matter what the subject (school or church). I am able to help my struggling learners at school and I enjoy helping others learn.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I feel it’s important to give of my money to further the ministry and day to day needs of the church. We are encouraged in scripture to give because of the blessings that will come from the Lord. The Lord has placed on my heart the importance of regular tithing to help the body of Christ.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I think it’s important to encourage others to understand that they are moving in their own spiritual growth. We all struggle and it’s important to share with one another and to listen to each other to encourage each person to be their best.

[H]eart

1. Spending time with my family and friends in activities that are fun and relaxing.

2. Teaching my students and watching them learn and grow.

3. Creating and making things.

I love to work with like-minded people of any age who are willing to work as a team to get the job done and have fun along the way.

Bible study, small groups, ministry to moms and kids.

Parenting
At-risk children
Disabilities

[A]bilities

Special Education Teacher for 3rd -5th grade high needs student.

I worked in a movie theater in concession and ticket sales. I did inventory one summer.

I can sing, sew, craft

Making materials for classroom

Flexible in helping where the need is.

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Variety

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

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

[E]xperience

I gave my heart to the Lord as a 13 year old without really understanding what it meant. I lived my life without God at the center and dabbled in church and other non-Christian life so I was always around God but not with Him. When I was married with little kids, we built a house and neighbors were Christians. We had all built our houses together, so we were friends. We met for Bible study at one of our houses. As they talked about knowing God and going to heaven; I expressed the thought that because my husband was a good man, he would go to heaven. One of the ladies told me that the only way to get to heaven was to have Jesus in your heart. That burned in me all day and in my spirit, I knew it to be the truth. So that night, in my bed, I asked Jesus to come into my life and I have never been the same! I had a hope and I wanted to learn more about Jesus.

Food bank: His Place Burlington, WA 1 year
Kids emotional health ministry: His Place Burlington, WA 1 year
Ministered with friends at the Bellingham Gospel Mission: 2 years

My work at Head Start with at-risk kids: Skagit County Head Start 10 years (not officially ministry, but I definitely ministered to kids and parents)

Singing on various church worship teams/Choirs: 15-20 years /on: His Place Church, La Conner Neighborhood Church, Safe Harbor Church, Christ the King Arlington.

Bible study at the first church I attended. They had Sunday School for adults and I learned a lot about the Word.

Bible study with friends. I made lifelong friends, we read and discussed the Bible, prayed and ministered to one another and spent time talking and encouraging each other.

My work with children and families over the years has helped shape me into my career path and how I think about families. Also all the many wonderful people I have worked with over the years who have become good and trusted friends.

My divorce and custody battle.

My son’s murder.

Still ongoing, but the struggles with my daughter and co-parenting my grandson.(both positive and negative 😉 )

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. Being financially independent: no debt and good emergency fund so I can do what I want with my money.

4. Be an educational consultant/advocate for kids and families with special needs

5. Traveling the US and also other parts of the world.