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

Thank you Tina Bengtson 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):

21%

18%

46%

65%

56%

15%

12%

68%

31%

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:
It’s easier for me to serve. I can physically accomplish things.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
It’s easy for me to give as a way to help others.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I understand what it’s like to be hurt, broken, discouraged.

[H]eart

1. Spending time with my kids, seeing them grow, watching them mature.

2. Having quiet/creative time to reflect and “de-people”

3. Travel/nature/God’s beauty

Elderly who have so much wisdom and life experience as well as acceptance
At school, the intermediate ages
Don’t take this wrong, but sometimes its easier to work with men than women

Excite me: Three’s heart for the broken and hands for the needy

Marriage/family issues
Poverty/hunger
Other – Music

[A]bilities

Teaching

Merchandising, Retail, Waitressing

I like to decorate, be creative

Listening

[P]ersonality

Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

Follower

Solo

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

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 grew up in a family that only went to church on Easter and Christmas. After my brother became a believer he planted seeds that came to fruition when Tim and I worked at Shetek Baptist Camp when Logan was a baby. I knew it was something that was missing in my life/heart.

Camp Nurse at Shetek Baptist Camp 3-4 years?

Taught Sunday School for many years at Skandia E Free Church, maybe 8 years
Worship team for a number of years

Lake Sarah Baptist Church worship team for a number of years

The people that God had put in my path the first years of teaching were believers, family oriented, easy to work with

My dad was an alcoholic. There were many frightening times as well as stressful family dynamics to deal with. He died when I was 26. It was hard because at that time he was sober and I looked forward to many years of building a relationship with him and watching him be a grandpa.

Living with Eden’s learning disabilities, ADHD, ostracization and then later her diagnosed personality disorder and unhealthy choices was incredibly traumatic for us. I didn’t know how to help her. My guilt, grief, anxiety, depression really affected me.

When my mom got to the point she needed to move closer to us, I looked forward to building a better relationship with her. We had never been close. There was no communication between my parents or with them as parents. She was in and out of Hospice for 2 years, Logan was angry with us and absent in our lives, and Eden was struggling with everthing, and I wasn’t mentally capable with dealing with any of it.

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. Restore family relationships

4. Overcome anxiety & depression, be happy again

5. Become more organized like I want to be, but have a hard time getting there