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

Thank you Joe Marcucci 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):

Administration

50%

Evangelism

56%

Exhortation/Encouragement

65%

Giving

15%

Mercy Showing

37%

Prophecy

34%

Pastoring/Shepherding

53%

Serving

25%

Teaching

75%

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, Teaching (75%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have been affirmed in a teaching gift though I am not in a pastor/teacher role

#2 Gift, Exhortation/Encouragement (65%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
This is what I naturally do with those around me

#3 Gift, Evangelism (56%)

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
This is great desire and I spend time doing good works with the goal of developing devoted followers of Jesus.

[H]eart

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

1. My wife, children and grandchildren

2. helping younger Christians grow as Jesus’ disciples either one on one or in groups.

3. personal devotions and study anchor my life.

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

younger Christians and people on the margins

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

outreach, preaching and teaching, training

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

Poverty/hunger
At-risk children

[A]bilities

My current vocation:

ministry director at a large church

Other jobs I have experience in:

Church pastor, transportation manager and baseball coach

Special talents/skills that I have:

I love people–all kinds of people
People feel safe with me

I have taught a class or seminar on:

bible study skills

I feel my most valuable personal asset is:

my relationship with Jesus and my wife of forty years

[P]ersonality

The personality traits that best fit me are:

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

People Driven

Leader

Variety

1. 3 Likes Control	4 Enthusiastic	2 Sensitive	1 Reserved
2. 1 Firm	4 Energetic	3 Non-Demanding	2 Practical
3. 4 Likes Challenge	2 Promoter	1 Enjoys Routine	3 Factual
4. 2 Problem Solver	3 Mixes Easily	4 Relational	1 Perfectionistic
5. 4 Bold	3 Fun-Loving	2 Thoughtful	1 Detailed
6. 2 Goal Driven	1 Optimistic	4 Patient	3 Inquisitive
7. 4 Strong Willed	3 Motivator	2 Good Listener	1 Accurate
8. 4 Takes Charge	3 Very Verbal	2 Loyal	1 Predictable
9. 3 Determined	4 Popular	2 Dislikes Change	1 Orderly
10. 2 Competitive	3 Group Oriented	4 Sympathetic	1 Analytical
11. 2 Purposeful	3 Inspirational	4 Nurturing	1 Precise
12. 4 Action Oriented	3 Likes Change	2 Peace Maker	1 Scheduled
35 Total	36 Total	32 Total	17 Total

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

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

[E]xperience

My brief testimony of how I became a Christian

radically converted in 1977 while traveling around the country by myself

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

Christ the King Church, Rochester NH (now called New Frontiers Church)

Gateway Community Church, Cambridge, MA church plant closed after 6 years

Highrock Church, Arlington, MA

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

attending Gordon-Conwell

discovering the purpose of the local church early in my Christian life

closing a church plant and family problems pushed me into a depth of despair where I felt like all I had in life was Jesus (and my wife) I list this as a positive because of what it produced in me.

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:

parenting children with mental health, relational, legal and addiction issus.

learning that co church planters had already made a decision to leave the area where we were planting. We found this out right after we moved into the area.

struggling financially after closing church plant and learning to make a living doing things other than pastoring–like above, this is also easily understood as a positive.

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. reaching marginalized people for Jesus

4. studying God’s word with the goal of explaining it to others

5. serving in a church where I had opportunity to preach, teach and do works of social justice, not as senior but on the senior leadership team.