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Discovering Your SHAPE

The Shape form is designed to help you learn more about your spiritual gifts, personal strengths, abilities, and experiences and to help you determine your area of service within Watermark. Those who wish to pursue membership at Watermark Community Church should fill out the Shape form and use the results to determine where you will be most effective in service, based on your gifts. We understand that even after receiving this information, you may still have questions as to which area of service would be the best fit for you. If at any time you would like to discuss our area of services within Watermark, please feel free to contact Veronica Serna.

Please note that fields marked with * are required fields.

Personal

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*Name:	*Address:
*City:	*State:
*Zip:	*Home Phone:
Work Phone:	Mobile Phone:
*Email:	Birthdate: (MM/DD/YYYY)

*Gender:
Male Female

*Marital Status:
Single Engaged Married Divorced Widowed

Children living at home:

Name: Birthdate: (MM/DD/YYYY) School:	Name: Birthdate: (MM/DD/YYYY) School:
Name: Birthdate: (MM/DD/YYYY) School:	Name: Birthdate: (MM/DD/YYYY) School:

Church

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Have you been a member of a church before?
Yes No

If so, please list the last two:


When did you begin attending Watermark?
Month Year

*Are you involved in a community group at Watermark?
Yes No

If so, which one?


*As a fully devoted follower of Christ, check one box that best describes your spiritual level of maturity:

	Unsure: I am unsure about my level of spiritual maturity
	New Believer: Just beginning my walk and learning more about a relationship with Christ
	Stable Believer: Made a commitment to follow Christ and need assistance in order to grow
	Growing Believer: Active, growing relationship with Christ
	Leading Believer: Mature believer able to lead and guide others in their relationship with Christ

Spiritual Gifts

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*What do you believe are your spiritual gifts? (Please limit your responses to three.)

	Administration - the ability to organize and guide human activities in such a way that Christ’s program is carried out
	Discernment - the ability to know when a person or act is of God
	Encouragement - the ability to motivate people through words of comfort or counsel, to believe and act on biblical truth
	Evangelism - the ability to communicate the Gospel so effectively that many people respond in faith
	Faith - the obvious ability to trust God in the most adverse circumstances with a strong belief in the presence and power of God
	Giving - the unique ability to exercise financial insight as wise stewards of the resources God has provided
	Leadership - the ability to motivate and inspire others to work together to accomplish God’s plans
	Mercy - the ability to identify joy or distress in others and offer God’s comfort through words or actions
	Service/Helps - the ability to recognize and meet needs through prompt, cheerful, practical assistance
	Shepherding - the ability to oversee the lives of others in order to nurture and care for their spiritual development
	Prophecy - the ability to urgently proclaim God’s truth so that people are encouraged, challenged, consoled and convinced
	Teaching - the ability to explain God’s Word for maximum learning by others

*Have you ever taken a spiritual gifts assessment before?
Yes No

*Have you been able to see how these gifts have been used in your life?
Yes No

If so, how and when?



Personality

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Check the words in the boxes that describe your personality. The designation with the most checked is most likely your dominant personality. Please enter the total number checked for each at the bottom of each section.

*D (Dominance/Lion)

	Self-confident		Demanding
	Practical		Adventuresome
	Accept challenges		Independent
	Great negotiator		Direct communicator
	Make quick decisions		Competitive
	Risk taker		Focused

*I (Influence/Otter)

	Relate well to others		Outgoing
	Optimistic		Expressive
	Motivator		Enthusiastic
	Empathetic		Popular
	Influential		Persuasive
	Animated

*C (Conscientousness/Beaver)

	Orderly		Serious
	Wise and thoughtful		Cautious
	Value organization		Analytical
	Conservative		Dependable
	Detail-oriented		Theoretical
	Quality Conscious		Respect authority
	Set standards		Perfectionist

*S (Steadiness/Golden Retriever)

	Consistent		Flexible
	Security-oriented		Sympathetic
	Predictable		Philosophical
	Appreciates harmony		Service-oriented
	Specialized skills		Calm and collected
	Simplistic		Loyal
	Enjoy stability		Shy

Heart

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In this next section, consider these questions:
What do/would you really enjoy doing?
Who do/would you really enjoy working with?
What issues concern you?

Based on your responses to these questions, check the boxes below indicating people groups and service areas you would enjoy. (Please choose no more than five.)

*People:

	Infants		Infertile
	Preschool		Inner City
	Elementary		Married Couples
	Junior High		Men
	Senior High		Women
	College		New Christians
	Dating couples		New church members
	Divorced		Non-believers
	Other faiths		Engaged couples
	Single parents		Singles
	Grieving a loss		Unemployed
	Handicap		Watermark visitors
	Homeless		Young married couples
	Homosexual		Parents

*Areas of Service:

	Administration		Grilling
	Audio/Visual		Helping the Needy
	Camping/Outdoors		Missions
	Childcare		Parenting
	Cleaning		Parking
	Counseling		Prayer
	Crafts		Service projects
	Discipleship		Sharing the gospel
	Event planning		Singing
	Event set-up		Sports
	Family issues		Teaching adults
	Financial planning		Teaching children
	Food preparation		Ushering
	Food service		Visiting the sick
	Greeting		Other:

Abilities

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*Please indicate the skills, talents and abilities you really enjoy exercising.

	Acting		Phone calling
	Administration		Phone receptionist
	Artistic		Photography
	Audio/visual		Pioneer
	Computer programming		Planning
	Computer networking		Play instrument
	Composing		Promoting
	Construction		Recruiting
	Curriculum development		Research
	Dance		Serve/help
	Editing		Sewing
	Evaluating		Sign language
	Graphic design		Singing
	Hospitality		Teaching
	Hosting in my home		Video production
	House repairs		Vision/goal setting
	Interviewing		Weblogs/podcasting
	Landscaping		Web design
	Managing		Welcoming
	Mechanics		Writing
	Organization		Other:
	Painting

*How much time do you have available to serve at Watermark?

	Less than one hour weekly
	1-3 hours weekly
	3-5 hours weekly
	More than 5 hours
	Sunday mornings only

Painful Experiences

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I prefer only a Watermark staff member to view this section.

These are painful times of trials and problems that the Lord has brought me through which I would be willing to share with a fellow Christian who is currently going through a similar situation:



Follow Up

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Please tell us about any previous or current ministry experience where you have enjoyed serving:

*Are you already serving in a ministry area at Watermark? Yes No

If so, where?


If you are not already serving somewhere, do you have a particular service area in mind that you would like to find out more about?