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

Thank you Kelana De Ruyter 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):

34%

71%

53%

31%

59%

43%

43%

40%

65%

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 want to share my faith with others so that they might believe too. I have a strong desire to learn how to evangelize more effectively. I want to understand scripture and grow in boldness so I can win hearts for Jesus.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I like to learn and share knowledge with others. When a Christian truth is revealed to me, I often use it to encourage my friends.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I am empathetic and my heart hurts for those who are suffering. I want to help them with their physical and spiritual needs.

[H]eart

1. I love to connect with others! I enjoy talking about my life and faith with good friends. I am very relational and like forming deep connections with other believers.

2. I like to learn. I enjoy learning languages or reading books and scripture. I also enjoy journaling and writing.

3. I like to sing and praise God with worship music.

I like to work with people who are responsible, kind, and positive. I tend to form relationships with other believers, either those that are older than me (50-65) and can share wisdom or those who are similar in age (23-30) who can encourage and walk with me as we get closer to God. I really enjoy working with high schoolers, but I feel that I’m not mature or equipped enough to disciple them yet. I want to become more equipped to serve them.

Welcoming outsiders/being a loving community. Youth ministry.

Abortion/sanctity of Life
Marriage/family issues
At-risk children

[A]bilities

Teacher

Teaching, waitressing, tutoring, cashiering/sort of managing.

Singing, writing,

Communicating and connecting with others.

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

High Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

People Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

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

I grew up in a Christian home. I accepted Jesus as my savior in middle school. Even though I attended church and believed in him, I didn’t have a relationship with him until I was in my 20s. For the past 8 months, God has been moving in me and revealing himself in new ways. I now have a desire to know him more and to help others accept them as their savior.

Sioux County Young Life, Sioux Center, Iowa, Volunteer Leader 2023-2024

Serving as a Young Life leader. It made me realize that life without Christ is really hopeless. It gave me a reality check and made me determined to share my faith.

Traveling in Latin America for 3 months. Witnessing the beauty and sadness in some countries.

Moving to Korea to teach. Finding a new community, trying a new job.

Bullying, feeling unaccepted by others/not good enough in my life.

Attempted sexual assault in my childhood and the fears surrounding attraction that came from that.

My father’s alcoholism.

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. Becoming a humanitarian lawyer or missionary.

4. Raising and homeschooling children.

5. Traveling and sharing the gospel/mission trip this summer.