Find your S.H.A.P.E. in ministry
Discover how God wants to grow and use you in our Year of Expansion
To help you discover what God might be calling you into as part of Ivy Church in our Year of Expansion, each week we’ll have a small activity following from each weeks’ talk topic throughout this series. Please take the time to prayerfully work through these. You may want to talk through the results of each activity with friends, family, and those in your Grow Group.
We’ll add the next weekly activity to this page at the end of our Sunday Gatherings, so remember to come back each week to take your next step in finding your shape.
Spiritual Gifts
This first section of the assessment will help you determine which gifts God has given to you.
Heart Beat
This week, you will consider what you are passionate about. Download the worksheet below and make sure to print/save it as you’ll need this later in the series.
Abilities
In this section, you will discover the special skills and abilities you possess.
Personality
Using the DISC assessment, you will gain insight into your personality. The DISC test will give you two letters as part of your personality profile - be sure to make a note of these as you’ll need them later in the series. Select the free test option.
Experiences
In this last section, you will describe the experiences that have shaped you, whether those are spiritual, educational or professional experiences. Download the worksheet below and make sure to print/save it as you’ll need this later in the series.
Workshop Follow-Up
Use this sheet to make a note of the results of the previous activities and ask God what he’s showing you about your SHAPE and how where you can find your place in ministry.
Now that you have your S.H.A.P.E. for the Year of Expansion, take your next step in serving in the ministries/teams at Ivy Church - or let us know what team you’d like to create!
SHAPE response
Methodist Covenant Prayer
I am no longer my own but yours.
Your will, not mine, be done in all things, wherever you may place me, in all that I do and in all that I may endure; when there is work for me and when there is none; when I am troubled and when I am at peace.
Your will be done when I am valued and when I am disregarded; when I find fulfilment and when it is lacking; when I have all things, and when I have nothing.
I willingly offer all I have and am to serve you, as and where you choose.
Glorious and blessèd God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, you are mine and I am yours.
May it be so for ever.
Let this covenant now made on earth be fulfilled in heaven. Amen.
