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

Thank you Sheila L Mynatt 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:

71%

65%

53%

53%

37%

59%

56%

71%

68%

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 honestly have no clue. I have worked all of my professional life doing administrational type jobs.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I enjoy serving. I don’t mind doing the work some people don’t see the value in.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love to learn and I love to see others learn. I believe that there is power in knowledge and enjoy helping others obtain knowledge that could be life changing.

[H]eart

1. Spending time with my family. I enjoy my kids and my grandson. I love having them near. I like it when we are able to travel together.

2. Learning. I love to read a book or take a class that challenges me in the area of personal growth. Knowledge is power. I like having the power to improve my life and the lives of others. I like to say when I know better I do better

3. Sharing knowledge with others. I love to see people improve their lives. I believe knowledge is power and once you have knowledge, you have the power to change things

Couples. Married or ones about to get married. For me it is heart breaking that the divorce rate for Christian couples or “church” couples is the same for non “church” couples. I think that marriage is the back bone of the American family and I see America loosing that strength. Couple that are truly interested in making their marriages stronger. Adult aged people.

Several that concern me. Most churches have no programs for the young adults…18 to getting married age. This is the age group that most often leave the church and personally I think it is because they no longer have a place to belong. They graduate youth and until they are married there are not programs or classes for the life concerns.
Second and the area that I see as what is not only killing the church but damaging the very fabric of America is marriage. Couples need help. They need guidance, and the church needs to be the one that brings it. Marriage was God’s idea and the basic model for the relationship between us and God. The last church issue that concerns me is the lack of transparency in most church leadership.

Marriage/family issues
Parenting
Educational

[A]bilities

Emergency Communication Dispatcher (911) for a city of about 75,000-85,000 for the past 25 years

Administration services for a communication company, administrative assistant for a plumbing company, and food service.

Recently got my bachelors degree in Social work, going back to school for my masters. Have good empathy skills. Good communication skills. I am trustworthy.

Couple of marriage classes. Taught 4th-5th grade sunday school for several years. Taught kindergaten-1st grader class for 6 years.

Trustworthy

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Routine

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

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

When I was 9 years old my family was falling apart. My father left when I was 2, and my mom and step father were discussing divorce. My home life was horrible. I wanted the promises for a family that never left and a father that cared. I walked away from the church for a period of time after being “hurt” by a youth pastor. Found my way back in my 20’s because as Jimmy Evans puts it Sin lied to me. I tried sin and was still empty and alone. When I gave Jesus a try and found all that I was searching for.

Sunday School teacher for 4th and 5th graders for 4 years. Collierville First Assembly of God in Collierville, TN

Taught a girls class for 6 years for kindergarten and first graders. Collierville First Assembly of God Collierville, TN

Assisted as a youth sponsor for a couple of years at Collierville First Assembly of God

Learning that God the Father is not the same as the earthy fathers who have rejected or abused me. Learning His word and coming to know that he loves me just as I am, but because he loves me he does not want to leave me in the condition he saved me in and from. He wants only the best for his kids

Becoming a mother and then truly being able to understand the pain God felt when he allowed his son to give his life for us. Because if someone came to me and said we are going to beat and kill your kid, but it will be to save the very people that voted for her to be the one to die I would have to say NO I DON’T think so.

Serving in ministry and having kids come back years later and tell me I did make a difference.

I am a survivor of childhood abuse, physical, mental, and sexual. Healing from that, but having experienced it allows me to see traits in others to be able to minister to them.

Being wounded by a youth pastor who did not keep his word of confidentiality, but it was not betrayed to the authorities (it was not the law back then). This allowed me to know the importance of keeping confidentiality.

Seeing ministers loose their passion for ministry because they never master balance. Being a pastor goes from a calling to a job.

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. Doing marriage counseling

4. Doing state side mission work

5. Working with ministers to keep their marriages and families healthy