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

Thank you Mike Sopczak 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:

Administration

75%

Evangelism

78%

Exhortation/Encouragement

43%

Giving

81%

Mercy Showing

62%

Prophecy

81%

Pastoring/Shepherding

62%

Serving

43%

Teaching

62%

To see descriptions on the Spiritual Gifts and how you can use them to further Christ’s Kingdom on earth, visit this link.

#1 Gift, Giving (81%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have earned and been given good resources to bless others with.

#2 Gift, Prophecy (81%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I’m over-analytical and can summarize what is going to happen.

#3 Gift, Evangelism (78%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
My depth of bible knowledge is not where I’d like it to be, however I am bold when people ask me about my faith. Not afraid to tell them.

[H]eart

Three things I love to do that bring joy and fulfillment in my life:

1. Bless others, especially my family.

2. Seeing my kids grow and mature into good Christian people.

3. Fellowshiping and hanging out with other fun people.

Who I love to work with most, and the age or type of people:

I relate will with all ages of people.

Church issues, ministries, or possible needs that excite or concern me the most:

I love churches that have good solid worship to preceed the message. It sets my heart into the right place to hear a good message.

*Mark the Top 3 from the list, that Trigger a Passion in You

Marriage/family issues
Financial stewardship
Health/fitness

[A]bilities

My current vocation:

I am able to take complex situations and understand the full process and needs to make that better, often times automating it to a point of improvement

Other jobs I have experience in:

I like to work with my hands to make/build things.

Special talents/skills that I have:

I possess a very stubborn will to do what needs done

I have taught a class or seminar on:

I have taught many classes to many different cultures thru my employer. Normally in the area of work that I am doing.

I feel my most valuable personal asset is:

My family

[P]ersonality

The personality traits that best fit me are:

Extrovert

Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

Leader

Team

Routine

1. 4 Likes Control	3 Enthusiastic	2 Sensitive	1 Reserved
2. 4 Firm	3 Energetic	1 Non-Demanding	2 Practical
3. 2 Likes Challenge	1 Promoter	3 Enjoys Routine	4 Factual
4. 3 Problem Solver	2 Mixes Easily	4 Relational	1 Perfectionistic
5. 2 Bold	4 Fun-Loving	3 Thoughtful	1 Detailed
6. 4 Goal Driven	2 Optimistic	3 Patient	1 Inquisitive
7. 4 Strong Willed	3 Motivator	1 Good Listener	2 Accurate
8. 4 Takes Charge	1 Very Verbal	2 Loyal	3 Predictable
9. 4 Determined	2 Popular	1 Dislikes Change	3 Orderly
10. 3 Competitive	2 Group Oriented	1 Sympathetic	4 Analytical
11. 4 Purposeful	3 Inspirational	2 Nurturing	1 Precise
12. 3 Action Oriented	4 Likes Change	1 Peace Maker	2 Scheduled
34 Total	25 Total	23 Total	21 Total

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

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

My brief testimony of how I became a Christian

While in college, I found myself facing two distict roads of behavior that I was exposed to, one of drinking and partying, and the other with some friends who didn’t need that to have fun. I chose to see what that was all about and the church and worship they were a part of captivated me to want to know more. I gave myself over to Christ in the winter of 1993.

Ministry Experience (Where I have served in the past, if applicable, including ChurchName, City/State, Position, Years Involved):

Worked within the First Friends Church Family Ministry team, helping couples with marriage/family issues.

Worked within the First Friends Church Sports ministry helping at first coach kids and then leading the entire program for volleyball.

Served for years as a men’s church softball coach as well as a league organizer.

List 3 Positive experiences from the past that made a big impact on who you are today:

Being introduced to a new way to worship and learn about God

Meeting a woman who loved God and wanting to be there for her and our eventual kids.

Having a financial discipline to not outspend my means.

List 3 Negative Experiences from your past that have helped to Shape me, but also have given you great compassion for others going through similar circumstances:

Having not been a Christian growing up and seeing how sex and pornography can effect a man’s view of women.

Not being as popular and having any good group of friends brings empathy.

Lack of Christian modeling has hurt my ability to grow and have reading and prayer part of my normal being.

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. I would volunteer my time to help others in need.

4. Become more involved with missions such as food banks and projects to help larger groups of people.

5. Teach others and start having a solid disciple for reading and praying.