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

Thank you Sarah Edwards 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):

71%

84%

68%

68%

59%

53%

37%

56%

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 believe that the word of God is true and I love sharing His truths and all that He has done for me. I love learning more about God’s word and helping others to learn and trust Him.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Professionally, I have been an administrator for over 30 years. This is a role that I feel comfortable fulfilling. I like working with other to strategically address and resolve issues as well as create a systemic approach for daily operations.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
It brings me satisfaction and pleasure to help others to change their perspective on how they see their situation. I especially like to remind them of what God has to say about what they are experiencing.

[H]eart

1. God

2. Family

3. Friends

I like working with people of all ages and all types of people.

Family and parenting are at heart of my passion. The deterioration of the family structure and the appearance of poor parenting skills are heart breaking.

Marriage/family issues
Parenting
At-risk children

[A]bilities

Administrator

Social Worker
Auditor
Guest Services
Reservationist
Waitress
Cook
Program Coordinator
Agency Director
Operations Director
Qualified Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Professional

Cooking
Confidential confidant
Event planning

Intellectual Disabilities
Diversity
Mental Health Awareness

Compassion

[P]ersonality

Extrovert

Low Risk

Peace Maker

People Driven

Leader

Team

Variety

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

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

I accepted Christ when I was 9 years old after hearing our preacher tell us about being born again. I thought that was the most awesome thing to have the opportunity to begin again and to have Jesus to help you for the rest of your life.

Prospect CME Raines Rd Mphs choir
Lighthouse Apostolic Shelby Dr Mphs choir
Christ Temple Lauderdale Mphs choir
McCabe UMC Martin Tn choir and pastor’s aide
Fullview MBC choir, Sunday school and youth bible study teacher, Girl Scouts leader, youth council leader, media, and women’s ministry leader

The unconditional love shown by the church mothers, especially the pastor’s wife, at Christ Temple.

My family’s involvement in church almost every day of the week provided a solid foundation for the love of Christ, the music, and Christian love.

God’s constant covering even in college. He gave me the ability to stay with Him even when I had to go along.

I experienced several bouts of rejection but God continued to keep me through them all.

Some decisions that I made seemed to have resulted in me missing out on what God had for me but I was still assured that He still loves me.

There are times when I have to do life in isolation (almost to the point that it could feel like being alone) but I know that God has me where I need to be in order for me to hear Him clearly.

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 provide a parenting and family focus ministry

4. I would manage a multipurpose facility with my family

5. I would help lead many of my family members to Christ