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

Thank you Veronica 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

15%

Evangelism

81%

Exhortation/Encouragement

100%

Giving

65%

Mercy Showing

71%

Prophecy

81%

Pastoring/Shepherding

34%

Serving

93%

Teaching

68%

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, Exhortation/Encouragement (100%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have experienced living in darkness, being without God in my life, yet always wanting to learn about God, but letting others opinions get in my way. I have experienced abuse, addiction, and legal trouble. I feel through my story I can encourage others to turn to Jesus and know that they are loved.

#2 Gift, Serving (93%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love to do for others, I love to make others happy. It makes me happy to be able to serve. To take care of others, waiting on others, especially those who are down, and have low self esteem, to lift them up just warms my heart.

#3 Gift, Evangelism (81%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I like to give testimony, to tell others my story, and how I was saved. I am overwhelmed, by such a big God, to know how far I’ve come and that I can see where God revealed himself in my life, is too great not to share.

[H]eart

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

1. Bible studies, learn the word. I love to learn

2. Serve others. I pray one day I will be I a position to serve in many ways, but for now I serve as I can. Although I don’t know where I am needed. I guess I feel that since I’m not out and about, I expect a phone call and to be asked instead of just sitting here wondering what It is I can tomato help.

3. To help the addicted and imprisoned.
I also wish I could be a mentor to young teenagers
And I love working VBS kids they’re great!!

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

Oh I , love to work with kids, even disabled kids
Age type I love old people just as much as I love the children.
I loved working with special needs, adults, as this was my last job. Even special needs children, as my son is autistic..they are all special and beautiful. In fact they teach me wonderful people.

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

Complacency: Being accepted and then being left alone.
A call to serve: Saying we need to serve and then not reaching out, leaves one to wonder or left out. Same old people who won’t let others in to do a job. What’s worse is that when called to do a job, it’s not with sincerity.
Following through: It is one thing to say something, but to follow through is a whole other story. I think it’s because those wanting to serve are held back by the complacency of veterans it the church.

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

Drug abuse/recovery
Alcoholism
Spiritual laziness

[A]bilities

My current vocation:

Unemployed

Other jobs I have experience in:

Direct Support Person: working with special needs adults and children
Auto mechanics
Service in food industry

Special talents/skills that I have:

Cooking, caring for special needs

I have taught a class or seminar on:

I feel my most valuable personal asset is:

Compassion

[P]ersonality

The personality traits that best fit me are:

Extrovert

High Risk

Challenger

People Driven

Leader

Team

Variety

1. 1 Likes Control	4 Enthusiastic	4 Sensitive	3 Reserved
2. 4 Firm	4 Energetic	1 Non-Demanding	3 Practical
3. 4 Likes Challenge	1 Promoter	3 Enjoys Routine	4 Factual
4. 1 Problem Solver	4 Mixes Easily	4 Relational	4 Perfectionistic
5. 4 Bold	4 Fun-Loving	4 Thoughtful	4 Detailed
6. 4 Goal Driven	4 Optimistic	2 Patient	4 Inquisitive
7. 2 Strong Willed	4 Motivator	2 Good Listener	4 Accurate
8. 2 Takes Charge	4 Very Verbal	4 Loyal	1 Predictable
9. 4 Determined	1 Popular	3 Dislikes Change	4 Orderly
10. 1 Competitive	4 Group Oriented	4 Sympathetic	2 Analytical
11. 4 Purposeful	2 Inspirational	4 Nurturing	4 Precise
12. 4 Action Oriented	3 Likes Change	3 Peace Maker	4 Scheduled
35 Total	39 Total	38 Total	38 Total

Your Primary was ‘The Otter’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Retriever’, and here are the descriptions of your Personalities, and how they can be used for God

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

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

My brief testimony of how I became a Christian

I am an addict and alcoholic. Through my addictions, I always was pulled toward God. I became sick, and was forced to recover, and turned to the Lord. I believe that, because of my upbringing, I always believed in God, but I let life get I the way of accepting Jesus. I allowed love to get I the way. I was saved after I met my husband, and my passion to learn about God and the bible, his word, became priority in my life. I decided to make a drastic change and here I am. I still fight with my past demons, but I feel because I love to learn I have been transformed to be the person I always should have been, and always wanted to be, most importantly the person I started out to be before life got I the way. I could go on and on, the details of my story are my life are what got me here. But we will save that for another day.

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

I served at my present church, with Vacation bible school, and in feeding the hungry. Two yrs, and I pray one day, I will be of service to others more.

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

My father, recovering from alcoholism to become a deacon in the Catholic church. His ordination speech.

My recovery

My marriage

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:

My addictions and alcoholism

Abortion

Physical abuse

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. To work in the church

4. Full time ministry

5. To sing