discover your S.H.A.P.E. and fit for ministry
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opportunities to use your S.H.A.P.E. books and other resources
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Thank you for your interest in discovering your S.H.A.P.E. and fit for ministry. S.H.A.P.E. stands for understanding your unique spiritual gifts, heart for ministry, abilities, personality and experiences. The investment you make here will serve you and others for years to come. We have exercises available for each of the letters of S.H.A.P.E. For some, you will download documents. For others you will be linked to an online exercise on another website.
- First, we recommend that you download the document called My S.H.A.P.E. Summary. You can use this to keep track of what you learn from each aspect of your S.H.A.P.E. discovery process.
- Next, download and complete a Spiritual Gifts Assessment. After you complete the assessment, you will score the assessment and interpret the results. We strongly recommend that you not only complete this assessment yourself, but that you have 2 or 3 others who know you well complete this for you.
- To better understand the results of your Spiritual Gifts Assessment, the Spiritual Gift Definitions document gives a detailed definition for each spiritual gift that is affirmed at Constance. You may also look at Constance's Statement on the Holy Spirit to better understand our position on "sign gifts."
- Based on your assessment and the input from others, try to narrow down the number of gifts you believe you have to between 1 and 3 at the most. Put these on the My S.H.A.P.E. summary.
- After you complete your spiritual gift assessment, download the document called H.eart for Ministry Discovery Questions. Complete this and transfer your conclusions onto the My S.H.A.P.E. summary.
- To assess your natural A.bilities (the A. in S.H.A.P.E.) we recommend that you take the StrengthsFinder assessment. To access StrengthsFinder you will need to purchase a StrengthsFinder book, which provides you with an online access code to take the accessment. StrengthsFinder is available through Constance's online bookstore. Transfer any findings from the StrengthsFinder accessment onto the My S.H.A.P.E. summary.
- To assess your P.ersonality (the P. in S.H.A.P.E) we recommend that you take the free online Keirsey Temperament sorter. You can get a free report for this accessment, a simplified report for $4 or a very comprehensive report for $12. When you are done, transfer your results onto the My S.H.A.P.E. summary.
- Finally, assess your E.xperiences by downloading the E.xperience Discovery Questions document. When you are done, transfer your conclusions to the My S.H.A.P.E. summary.
Congratulations you have completed your S.H.A.P.E. profile! Prayerfully reflect on it and resolve to take some specific steps to fulfill God’s intentions for your design. He has great plans to bless others and you if you do.
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