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

Thank you Tom Morel 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):

68%

78%

62%

75%

65%

62%

53%

75%

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:
I enjoy non-direct evangelism through opportunities to share the word with those at work ( when opportunity presents ) as well as to others in need of the good news.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I am not the best at finances or investing, but I enjoy giving my time, money, and any skills that I have that may be of use to God.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I enjoy serving with other believers.

[H]eart

1. Raising children to be servants of the Lord.

2. I like to develop younger employees at work and take subtle opportunities to share my beliefs with them as they are shaping their lives.

3. I enjoy working together with my wife on projects/initiatives that serve the Lord.

My wife and I had children younger in life so we are in our early 50s and our kids are grown and on their own for several years. What we have found is that many people in our age group are in earlier stages of raising children… Ironically, we noticed that when we were wondering if in the right group, we realized that we were able to contribute our life experiences to help those going through those phases.

I am a utility infielder when it comes to serving.

Marriage/family issues
Policy/politics
Health/fitness

[A]bilities

I am an IT Leader for T-Systems. I am responsible for accounts in the US and travel frequently.

My degree is in electrical engineering.

I enjoy using technology to make life better for my family and others. I am comfortable leading people at work and speaking in front of large audiences if I know the material I am presenting.

I like people and tend to be biased towards seeing their goodness, value , and potential for contribution to the objectives at hand.

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

50-50 High/Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

Grew up Catholic. Married into Preysbyterian church. Started to explore non-denomination church when children were in pre-school. Found personal relationship with Jesus at Chapel Rock Church in Indianapolis and was baptized there. There is also a time when my son was very sick that was an a powerful catalyst in getting engaged in church…

Chapel Rock Christian Church – Indianapolis IN – 4 yrs

Legacy Christian Church – was mostly a consumer rather than giver… was part of small group where we were able to give to those needing help/advise.

Very loving Christ following family. Examples of compasion and service by grandparents and parents.

Exploring Christ outside the Catholic church was awesome.

Impactful experience when son was very ill was a major catalyst to get us more connected with a church.

Having to deal with significant and non-curable medical issues of wife.

Having to be extremely involved in corporate life, much travel and time commitment to work, and having to juggle Church/Home/Work/Family.

Having to deal with and watch my wife deal with her mother who recently died of cancer. Also dealing with the same issues with my father who has major mental and physical issues associated with a bad outcome of heart surgery May 2018.

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

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