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

Thank you Trashawnda Ward 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%

68%

71%

59%

53%

96%

62%

56%

96%

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:

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:

[H]eart

1. Worship Music

2. Ministering to aspiring leaders

3. Training

Adults 30 and up.

Order and structure, Music Ministry, Teaching Ministry

Marriage/family issues
Spiritual laziness
Educational

[A]bilities

Staff Development Specialist

Resource and Referral, Classroom Teaching, Counseling

Musicianship, writing, composing, organizing

Courageous Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Workplace Bullying, Effective Communication, Bullet Proof Documentation, Dealing with Distraction, Leading Through Transitions, Public Speaking and Professional Presentations

Organization

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Team

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 received salvation during a Sunday Morning service at Bible Center Church in November of 1987. The youth choir ministered that morning; their song moved me to accept Christ.

I served as a youth choir director at Bible Center from the ages of 16-18.
I served as the Minister of Music, a Licensed Minister and an Ordained Minister at Potter’s House Ministries of Pittsburgh. I joined Potter’s House in 1995, but licensing and ordination did not occur until 2002.
I rejoined Bible Center in 2004 and have been serving in Music Ministry since then.

I worked in the day care facility at Covenant Church of Pittsburgh from 1993 to 1994 and also sang on the worship team there.

I received teaching and modeling in faithfulness to ministry from my grandparents, the founders of Bible Center.

At Potter’s House Ministries, I learned practical ministry service through the School of Ministry. (How to serve the sacraments, how to facilitate a worship service, how to conduct ones self in various church settings.)

At Covenant Church of Pittsburgh, I learned the fundamentals of worship music–the purpose, the target and how to flow in worship.

I experienced “church hurt” which caused me to learn about the dangers of leaders taking advantage of their authority, and what some would call “cultish” churches.

I didn’t have a lot of mentors in my walk with Christ. I learned the importance of bringing others along side of you to grow them in their faith.

I grew up in a judgemental church culture. Through years of healing and learning, I’ve learned that God loves us and that we have to communicate that love to others and not condemn them.

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 travel and do Praise and Worship in various churches.

4. I would train people how to do various tasks in the church.

5. I would have a Bible Study for baby Christians.