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

Thank you Judy Williams 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:

81%

59%

65%

71%

62%

50%

65%

56%

71%

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 have organized lots of things for years–I can visualize simpler/effective ways to perform tasks.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have been blessed with opportunities to do enjoyable work to earn a salary more than sufficient for my needs.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
From an early age, I could always think of a better way to explain concepts and I could understand the questions people were asking.

[H]eart

1. watch/encourage people as they grasp new concepts and apply them in their lives

2. solve problems/give advice

3. watch people display their talents and the results of their hard work

those who want to grow; those who want to do something, not just talk about it; generally 18 and above (except for my kids & grandkids)

welcoming newcomers, getting them connected
discipling those young in the faith

Parenting
Educational
Other – including the marginalized

[A]bilities

professor, area coordinator for applied computer science & physics, academic advisor, liaison w/Iowa State for 3 + 2 engineering program…

engineering analyst, Bell Labs member of technical staff

cooking, organizing fairly large scale meals, food for a Work & Witness trip

MOPS Titus woman for a year, most books of the Bible in Sunday School or small groups, physics, foundational engineering classes, computer use/programming, systems analysis, software engineering…

my smile, my husband?

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

High Risk

Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

Leader

Team

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 in a Christian home, attended Sunday School, actually committed in a church membership prep class when I was in 5th grade, because of observing a girl my age who struggled with chronic illness and the way she handled that; grew through youth group, summer camps, college ministry, etc.

Bethany United Methodist, Celina, OH, choir member, youth group sponsor, missions council project coordinator, SERRV liaison, adult SS teacher, quilter

Osky Naz, choir member, involved as participant/helper in musicals, Live Drive Through Nativity, hosting RAGBRAI…; Middler Bible memorization teacher (4 years), adult Sunday School teacher/facilitator/discussion leader (32 years), numerous terms on NMI council, SDMI, a couple years as secretary; nominating committee, visitation & CARE ministry, VBS

Being encouraged & supported by my parents to pursue educational interests, even when those weren’t the cultural norm at the time

Being part of a strong church youth group as a teen, a supportive Christian group in college, and a vibrant church as an adult

Choosing the right spouse!

moving from the north (OH) to the south (VA) before 8th grade and definitely feeling like an outsider

not being popular or a beauty queen, but learning to talk to anybody about any topic

being stereotyped /excluded because of my gender

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. help others set goals for their lives / encourage them to pursue

4. figure out God’s plan for the next phase of my vocation/service

5. work on getting in better physical shape to be able to do more physical type work