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401: S.H.A.P.E.

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Many have expressed interest in discovering and using their spiritual gifts. You must complete the online SHAPE assessment before the class and bring the results with you. Hope to see you there! Contact Derek Sanford for more information.


The class is an exploration of discovering your personal ministry. We at Grace believe strongly that you have been uniquely gifted by God and equipped to have a personal ministry to extend the Kingdom of God. This class covers topics including: discover your Spiritual Gifts, discover your Heart and passions, discover your unique Abilities, discover your Personality, discover how God will use your life Experiences. You will discover these aspects of your unique gifts through a series of self-administered questionaires as well as biblical teaching and discussion on each of the topics. Our mentor church, Northway Christian Community, has developed a fantastic web-based tool that allows you to take the SHAPE questionnaires online or you can contact Derek Sanford to register for the next available SHAPE class.

A quick overview of SHAPE:
There are five factors that influence who you are. The bible seems to indicate that these things SHAPE how you are supposed to serve others. So in this class we study these 5 influences that determine your SHAPE for ministry

S - SPIRITUAL GIFTS
1 Corinthians 7:7 "Each man has his own gift from God, one has this gift, another has that." So the first question we look at is "What am I gifted to do?"

H - HEART
Revelation 17:17 "God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose."
The question you answer here is, "What do I love to do?" Isn't it true there are some things you love to do and there's just some things you hate to do? That's your heart. Where did you get that natural inclination? God put it in you. God wants your ministry to be a blessing, not a burden.

A - ABILITIES
" I (God) have given him skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of crafts." Those are vocational skills. God says He gives people abilities. 2 Corinthians 3:5 says "our competence comes from God."
The third question we ask is, “What natural talent and skills do I have? What vocational skills have I learned? What natural talents have I been given by God?”

P - PERSONALITY
This is the fourth thing we look at. We're all very different. We've all got different personalities, different blends of temperament. 1 Corinthians 2:11 "No one can really know what anyone else is thinking or what he is really like, except that person himself."
So we ask the question, “Where does your personality best suit you to serve?”

E - EXPERIENCES
2 Corinthians 1:4 "God helps us in our troubles, so we are able to help others who have all kinds of troubles, using the same help that we ourselves have received from God."
Your experiences help determine the direction you should be involved in ministry. You will weigh what spiritual, painful, educational, and ministry experiences that you’ve already had in your life that God may want to use to help others in ministry.